Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwag
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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]Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *vacus, from Latin vacuus.[1][2]
Adjective
[edit]*gwag
Descendants
[edit]- Middle Breton: goac (“soft”)
- Breton: gwak (“soft, delicate”)
- Middle Cornish: gwag
- Cornish: gwag
- Old Welsh: guac
References
[edit]- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwag”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Deshayes, Albert (2003) Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (in French), Douarnenez: Le Chasse-Marée, →ISBN, pages 295-296