Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ʉθ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ʉθ

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

From Proto-Celtic *(ɸ)owtus, *awtus, possibly related to *oβn (“fear”).[1] Cognate with Old Irish úath (“hate”).

Noun

*ʉθ m

1. horror

Alternative reconstructions

• *ọθ

Derived terms

• *ʉθr
  • Middle Welsh: uthr

Descendants

• Middle Breton: euz
  • Breton: euzh
• Cornish: uth, euth
• Welsh: uth

References

1. McCone, Kim (1992) OIr. aub ‘river’ and amnair ‘maternal uncle’, issue 53, Munich: Münchener Sprachwissenschaftlicher Studienkreis, page 105