Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwenuɨn

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 Latin venēnum.[1]

Noun edit

*gwenuɨn m

  1. poison, venom

Descendants edit

  • Old Cornish: *guenoin
  • Middle Welsh: gwenwyn

References edit

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 40