Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwɨdr

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This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Brythonic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin vitrum.[1] Likely parallel borrowing with Irish fuither (glass).[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*gwɨdr m (plural *gwɨdrow)

  1. glass

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Breton: guezr
  • Middle Cornish: gweder
  • Middle Welsh: gwydyr

References[edit]

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwydr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuither”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language