Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ɨβɨd

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

From Proto-Celtic *ɸibeti, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨˈβɨːd/

Verb

*ɨβɨd

1. to drink

Derived terms

• *ɨβed

Descendants

• Middle Breton: yvet
  • Breton: evañ
• Middle Cornish: eva, eve
  • Cornish: eva
• Old Welsh: iben (1pl. impf.)
  • Middle Welsh: yuet
    • Welsh: yfed

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 130