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Cornish
Etymology
From Middle Cornish gortos, from Proto-Celtic *uɸor-ati-woseti, from *uɸor- (“over-”) + *ati- (“re-”) + *woseti (“to stay”).[1]
Verb
gortos
- to stay, wait, remain
Noun
gortos m
- wait
References
- ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 703