Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/bendiθ

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

From earlier *bendɨxθ, borrowed from Latin benedictiō, benedictum (“blessing, benediction”).[1][2][3][4] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish bendacht (“blessing, benediction”).[5]

Noun

*bendiθ m

(Christianity) blessing, benediction

Descendants

Middle Breton: bennoz, bennoez
- Breton: bennozh
Middle Cornish: bennath, benneth
- Cornish: bednath
Middle Welsh: bendith
- Welsh: bendith

References

Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 39: “< Lat. benedictiō or -dictum”
Falileyev, Alexander (2000), “trintaut”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 150
Lewis, Henry; Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 179: “Ir. bendacht ‘blessing’ (< Lat. benedictiō), A. bendachtin, Gen. bendachtan, bendachtae (cf. W. pl. bendithion)”
Williams, Robert (1865), “banneth”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 18
Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bennacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 39: “< Lat. benedictiō or -dictum”

[2] Falileyev, Alexander (2000), “trintaut”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 150

[3] Lewis, Henry; Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 179: “Ir. bendacht ‘blessing’ (< Lat. benedictiō), A. bendachtin, Gen. bendachtan, bendachtae (cf. W. pl. bendithion)”

[4] Williams, Robert (1865), “banneth”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 18

[5] Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bennacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language