Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwɨrð

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin virdis, a form attested in the Appendix Probi, from Latin viridis.

Adjective

*gwɨrð

green, verdant

Descendants

Old Breton: [Term?]
- Breton: gwerzh (dialectical)
- ⇒ Middle Breton: guezr (with metathesis, influenced by guezr (“glass”))
  - Breton: gwer
Old Cornish: guirt
- Middle Cornish: gwirdh
  - Cornish: gwyrdh
- >? Middle Cornish: gwer
  - Cornish: gwer
Old Welsh: guird
- Middle Welsh: gwyrd, gwyrdd
  - Welsh: gwyrdd

Related terms

*glas

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwyrdd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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