Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/meið

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *mezgos. Cognate with Middle Irish medc.

Noun

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*meið m[1]

  1. whey

Descendants

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  • Old Breton: meid
  • Cornish: meith
  • Welsh: maidd

References

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  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 376