Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/prɨd

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *kʷritus, from pre-Celtic *kʷr̥tus, a tu-stem derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (to make, cause). Cognate with Old Irish cruth (shape, form).

GPC separates Welsh pryd in the "time, moment" and "face, appearance" senses, and expresses doubt at whether they are etymologically related.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*prɨd m

  1. shape, form
  2. time

Descendants

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  • Middle Breton: pret
  • Old Cornish: prit
  • Middle Welsh: pryd, pryt

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 182