Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwag

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 *vacus, from Latin vacuus.

Adjective

*gwag

empty, vacant

Descendants

Middle Breton: goac (“soft”)
- Breton: gwak (“soft, delicate”)
Middle Cornish: gwag
- Cornish: gwag
Old Welsh: guac
- Middle Welsh: gwac
  - Welsh: gwag

References

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

Deshayes, Albert (2003) Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (in French), Douarnenez: Le Chasse-Marée, →ISBN, pages 295-296

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