Reconstruction:Pictish/ᚒᚓᚏᚈᚒᚏᚔᚑ
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This Pictish 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. |
Pictish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *wertyā (“mound”). Cognate to Middle Welsh gwerthyr, "fortress".
Proper noun[edit]
*ᚒᚓᚏᚈᚒᚏᚔᚑ (Uerturio)
- A kingdom in Scotland situated around Moray and Easter Ross, which existed from the 4th to 10th centuries.
References[edit]
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 415