< Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic
Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwag
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
- Middle Welsh: gwac
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