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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/hʉd

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 *soitos,[1] or perhaps borrowed from Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *saidaz (“magic, charm”), both derivations from Proto-Indo-European *soytós.[2]

Noun

*hʉd m

  1. magic, charm

Derived terms
  • hʉdol (“charming, illusory”) (+ *-ol)
    • Old Cornish: hudol
    • Welsh: hudol

Descendants
  • Middle Breton: hud
  • Middle Welsh: hud

References
  1. Koch, John (2004) “*soito-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 211
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *soyto-–352
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