Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwɨrð

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 Vulgar Latin virdis (attested in the Appendix Probi), from Latin viridis via syncope.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Adjective

*gwɨrð

green, verdant

Descendants

Middle Breton: *guerz
- Breton: gwerzh (dialectal)
- ⇒ Middle Breton: guezr (with metathesis, influenced by guezr (“glass”)^[1])
  - Breton: gwer
Old Cornish: guirt
- Middle Cornish: gwirdh
  - Cornish: gwyrdh
- >? Middle Cornish: gwer
  - Cornish: gwer
Old Welsh: guird
- Middle Welsh: gwyrð
  - Welsh: gwyrdd

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwyrdd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ 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 268
^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “guird”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 69

[GPC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwyrdd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[2] 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 268

[3] Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “guird”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 69

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