Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwėɣin

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 văgīna, from Latin vāgīna (“sheath, scabbard”) with pretonic shortening of ā.^[1]^[2]^[3] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish faigen (“sheath, scabbard”).^[4]

Noun edit

*gwėɣin f

sheath

Descendants edit

Middle Breton: gouhin
- Breton: gouin
  - →? French: gouine
Old Cornish: guein
- Middle Cornish: goyn, gon
  - Cornish: goen
Middle Welsh: gwein
- Welsh: gwain

References edit

^ Jackson, Kenneth (1953) Language and History in Early Britain: a chronological survey of the Brittonic Languages, 1st to 12th c. A.D., Edinburgh: The University Press, →ISBN, page 444
^ Williams, Robert (1865) “guein”, 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 188
^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwain”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “faigen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[1] Jackson, Kenneth (1953) Language and History in Early Britain: a chronological survey of the Brittonic Languages, 1st to 12th c. A.D., Edinburgh: The University Press, →ISBN, page 444

[2] Williams, Robert (1865) “guein”, 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 188

[3] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwain”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[4] G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “faigen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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