Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/prɨd

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 *kʷritus, from pre-Celtic *kʷr̥tus, a tu-stem derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to make, cause”). Cognate with Old Irish cruth (“shape, form”).

GPC separates Welsh pryd in the "time, moment" and "face, appearance" senses, and expresses doubt at whether they are etymologically related.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈprɨd/

Noun

*prɨd m

shape, form
time

Descendants

Middle Breton: pred
Old Cornish: prit
- Cornish: prys
Middle Welsh: pryd
- Welsh: pryd

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 182

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 182

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