Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/traɨθ

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

Although often supposed to be a borrowing from Latin tractus (stretch, tract of land) this poses semantic difficulties, and moreover the presence of an exact parallel in Old Irish tracht (beach) suggests instead descent from Proto-Celtic *traxtus, which could itself be from the same source as tractus (Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (to draw out, pull)).

Noun edit

*traɨθ m

  1. beach
  2. (Southwestern Brythonic) sand

Descendants edit

  • Middle Breton: traez
  • Old Cornish: trait
  • Middle Welsh: traeth

References edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “traeth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “traogh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN