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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwehantuɨn

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 *gwehant +‎ *-uɨn, from Proto-Celtic *wesants (perhaps whence Gaulish simivis (“august”, literally “half-spring”)[1]), from Proto-Indo-European *wésn-ont-s ~ *usn̥-n̥t-és (whence Sanskrit वसन्त (vasantá)), from *wós-r̥ ~ *wés-n̥s (“spring (season)”) + *-onts ~ *-n̥tés.[2][3]

Noun

*gwehantuɨn m[3][1]

  1. spring

Descendants
  • Old Cornish: guaintoin
  • Old Welsh: guiannuin
    • Middle Welsh: gwaeanhwyn

References
  1. Blažek, Václav (2008) “Gaulish Language”, in Studia minora Facultatis philosophicae Universitatis Brunensis, number 13, Sborníku prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, page 45
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *wesr-/*wesn-–417: “*wesantēno-”
  3. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 240
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