spethas

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *skʷiyat (“hawthorn”), from Proto-Indo-European *skw-oy-eh₂, from *ksu-, from *kes-. See also Breton spezad, English surname Skeen.[1]

Noun

spethas f (singulative spedhasen)

  1. briars

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “skwiyat”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 339
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