Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/dexow

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 an immediate preform *dexsowyā, probably remodeled on the basis of *assowyos. The feminine gender was presumably due to association with *lọβ̃ (“hand”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛˈxou̯/

Adjective

*dexow

right
south

Descendants

Old Breton: dehou
- Breton: dehou
Middle Cornish: dehow
- Cornish: dyghow
Middle Welsh: deheu
- Welsh: deau

References

Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 330–331