Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/Gwɨnnohuɨβar
Proto-Brythonic edit
Alternative forms edit
- *Gwɨnnohuɨβ̃ar
Etymology edit
Unknown; possibly from *gwɨnn (“white”) + *huɨβar, from Proto-Celtic *sēbaris (“spirit, demon”).[1] Perhaps cognate with Old Irish Finnabair.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
*Gwɨnnohuɨβar f
- a female given name
Descendants edit
- Breton: Gwenivar
- Middle Cornish: Gwynnever [ca. 1500]
- Old Welsh: *Guinhuimar (< *Gwɨnnohuɨβ̃ar?)
- Middle Welsh: Gwenhwyfar
- Welsh: Gwenhwyfar
- → Medieval Latin: Guennuvar, Guennimar [ca. 1130], Guanhumara [ca. 1136], Guennuuar [ca. 1150], Wennevereia [ca. 1220]
- Middle Welsh: Gwenhwyfar
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *sēbro-–325