Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/exuɨð
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier *ek(ʷ)ēdos or similar, of unknown origin; possibly related to Old Irish adaig (“night”),[1] from earlier *adek(ʷ)ī, whose etymology is also obscure.
Noun[edit]
*exuɨð m
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “ewhe”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 142
- ^ "echwydd" on GPC, compare also "godechwydd" on GPC