Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/fruɨθ

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 Latin frūctus. Note that the Latin long vowel ū would ordinarily result in Proto-Brythonic *ʉ; in this case the vowel quality may have been secondarily influenced by the large number of words with *uɨ (from earlier *ē).

Noun

*fruɨθ m

fruit

Descendants

Middle Breton: froez, frouez
- Breton: frouezh pl
Old Cornish: fruit
- → Cornish: frooth pl (semi-learned)
Middle Welsh: ffrwyth
- Welsh: ffrwyth

References

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