Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/krɨx

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 *krikso- (“curly”), from Proto-Indo-European *kripso-. Cognate with Gaulish crixsos (“curly, crispy”).

Adjective

*krɨx

1. curly, frizzy

Descendants

• Middle Breton: crech
  • Breton: krec'h
• Cornish: crygh
• Welsh: crych

References

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