Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwɨdr

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

Borrowed from Latin vitrum.^[1] Likely parallel borrowing with Irish fuither (“glass”).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɨdr̩/

Noun

*gwɨdr m (plural *gwɨdrow)

glass

Descendants

Middle Breton: guezr
- Breton: gwer
Middle Cornish: gweder
- Cornish: gweder
Middle Welsh: gwydyr
- Welsh: gwydr

References

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwydr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuither”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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

[2] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuither”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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