< Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic
Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/Pask
Proto-Brythonic
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pésakh). Cognate with Old Irish Cásc.
Proper noun
*Pask m (plural *Paskow)
- Easter
Descendants
- Old Breton: Pasc
- Middle Breton: Pasq
- Breton: Pask
- Middle Breton: Pasq
- Middle Cornish: Pask
- Cornish: Pask
- Middle Welsh: Pasc
- Welsh: Pasg
Related terms
- *Nọdọlig, *Nadọlig (“Christmas”)
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Pasg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies