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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/exuɨð

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 earlier *ek(ʷ)ēdos or similar, of unknown origin; possibly related to Old Irish adaig (“night”),[1] from earlier *adek(ʷ)ī, whose etymology is also obscure.

Noun

*exuɨð m

  1. evening

Descendants
  • Breton: ec'hoaz
  • Cornish: ewhe
  • Welsh: echwydd[2]

References
  1. Williams, Robert (1865) “ewhe”, 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 142
  2. "echwydd" on GPC, compare also "godechwydd" on GPC
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