Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/perθ

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

From Proto-Celtic *kʷerxtā, from earlier assimilated *kʷerkʷ-t-, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥kʷeh₂, *pérkʷus (“oak”) (compare Latin quercus, English fir).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrθ/

Noun

*perθ f

bush, thicket

Descendants

Cornish: Penberth (toponym)
Middle Welsh: perth
Pictish:
- → English: Perth (toponym)

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 178