Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/Gwɨnnohuɨβar
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Proto-Brythonic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- *Gwɨnnohuɨβ̃ar
Etymology[edit]
Unknown; possibly from *gwɨnn (“white”) + *huɨβar, from Proto-Celtic *sēbaris (“spirit, demon”).[1] Perhaps cognate with Old Irish Finnabair.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
*Gwɨnnohuɨβar f
- a female given name
Descendants[edit]
- Breton: Gwenivar
- Middle Cornish: Gwynnever [ca. 1500]
- Old Welsh: *Guinhuimar (< *Gwɨnnohuɨβ̃ar?)
- Middle Welsh: Gwenhwyfar
- Welsh: Gwenhwyfar
- → Medieval Latin: Guennuvar, Guennimar [ca. 1130], Guanhumara [ca. 1136], Guennuuar [ca. 1150], Wennevereia [ca. 1220]
- Middle Welsh: Gwenhwyfar
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *sēbro-–325
Categories:
- Proto-Brythonic terms with unknown etymologies
- Proto-Brythonic compound terms
- Proto-Brythonic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Proto-Brythonic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Proto-Brythonic lemmas
- Proto-Brythonic proper nouns
- Proto-Brythonic feminine nouns
- Proto-Brythonic given names
- Proto-Brythonic female given names