Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/niθ

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 *nixtos.

Adjective

*niθ

1. winnowed
2. (substantive) something winnowed, wheat

Derived terms

• *gwöniθ
• *niθjɨd
• *niθlenn (“winnowing sheet”)
  • Cornish: nothlen
  • Welsh: nithlen

Further reading

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nixt-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 291
• Williams, Robert (1865) “nothlen”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English​, London: Trubner & Co., page 268