Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwɨrθ

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 virtūs (“manhood, virtue”).[1][2] Cognate with *gwur (“man, husband”). Parallel borrowing with Old Irish firtu (“miracle”),[3] and perhaps Gaulish *uiridos, attested in various personal names.[4]

Noun

*gwɨrθ f

miracle, sign

Descendants

Old Welsh: guirdou pl
- Middle Welsh: guirth, gwyrth
  - Welsh: gwyrth

References

Falileyev, Alexander (2000), “guirdou”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 150
Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fiurt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 3rd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 348: “uirido- ‘virtus’”

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

[2] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 150

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

[4] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 3rd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 348: “uirido- ‘virtus’”