Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/hʉd

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 Proto-Celtic *soitos^[1], or perhaps borrowed from Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *saidaz (“magic, charm”), both derivations from Proto-Indo-European *soytós.^[2]

Noun[edit]

*hʉd m

magic, charm

Derived terms[edit]

hʉdol (“charming, illusory”) (+ *-ol)
- Old Cornish: hudol
- Welsh: hudol

Descendants[edit]

Middle Breton: hud
Middle Welsh: hud
- Welsh: hud

References[edit]

^ Koch, John (2004), “*soito-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 211
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *soyto-–352

[1] Koch, John (2004), “*soito-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 211

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *soyto-–352

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