Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/hwexed

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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 Proto-Insular Celtic *swexsetos,[1] analogically remodeled after *kʷenkʷetos (fifth) (compare Old Irish seissed), from Proto-Celtic *swexstos.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

Proto-Brythonic ordinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : *hwex
    Ordinal : *hwexed

*hwexed

  1. sixth

Descendants[edit]

  • Breton: c'houecved
  • Cornish: whefes
  • Middle Welsh: chwechet

References[edit]

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “suexos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 286:celtique insulaire a une forme *suexsetos