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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwöniθ
Proto-Brythonic
Etymology
From *gwo- (“under”) + *niθ (“winnowed; wheat”). Cognate with Old Irish cruithnecht (“wheat”).
Noun
*gwöniθ m
- wheat
Related terms
- *niθjɨd
Descendants
- Middle Breton: guiniz
- Breton: gwinizh
- Cornish: gwaneth
- Middle Welsh: gwenith
- Welsh: gwenith
Further reading
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*nixt-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 291