Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/bɨd

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

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɨːd/

Noun

*bɨd m (plural *bɨdow)

1. world

Descendants

• Old Breton: bit, bet
  • Breton: bed
• Old Cornish: bit, bys
  • Cornish: bys, bes
• Old Welsh: bid
  • Middle Welsh: byd
    • Welsh: byd

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 67