Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwuɨl

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

Etymology 1

From earlier *gwēl, from *gwɨɣl, borrowed from Vulgar Latin viglia, from Latin vigilia (“watch, vigil”). Parallel borrowing with Old Irish féil (“festival, feast day”), Middle Irish figel, figell (“vigil”).

Noun

*gwuɨl f

1. feast, feast day
2. vigil

Descendants

• Breton: gouel
• Cornish: goel
• Middle Welsh: gwyl
  • Welsh: gŵyl

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin vēlum (“curtain, veil; sail of a ship”). Parallel borrowing with Old Irish fíal (“veil, curtain”).

Noun

*gwuɨl m

1. curtain
2. sail of a ship

Descendants

• Breton: gouel
• Middle Cornish: goyl

Further reading

• Koch, John (2004) “feast *weili-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies