Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/traɨθ

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

Although often supposed to be a borrowing from Latin tractus (“stretch, tract of land”) this poses semantic difficulties, and moreover the presence of an exact parallel in Old Irish tracht (“beach”) suggests instead descent from Proto-Celtic *traxtus.

Noun

*traɨθ m

beach
(Southwestern Brythonic) sand

Descendants

Middle Breton: traez
- Breton: traezh
Old Cornish: trait
- Middle Cornish: traith, treath
  - Cornish: treth
Middle Welsh: traeth
- Welsh: traeth

References

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

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