Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/Gwodọðin

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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 earlier *wotǭd, the masculine form of *wotād ("foundation; support") + *-īn. Wotǭd was likely an epithet for an ancestral figure.

Proper noun

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*Gwodọðin

  1. The Votadini, an ancient Celtic tribe of what is now southeast Scotland and northeast England.

Descendants

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  • Old Welsh: Guotodin
  • Ancient Greek: Ὠταδηνοί (Ōtadēnoí)[1]
  • Latin: Votadini

References

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  1. ^ Ptol. ii. 3. § 10