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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwoɨθhaβ̃

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 *gwoɨθ (“worse”) +‎ *-haβ̃ (superlative suffix).[1] Alternatively from Proto-Celtic *uɸoɸedisamos, from *uɸo- +‎ *ɸedisamos, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-ism̥mós, from *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”) +‎ *-is(t)m̥mós (superlative suffix), and cognate with Latin pessimus (“worst”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡwaɨ̯θˈhaːβ̃/

Adjective

*gwoɨθhaβ̃

  1. superlative degree of *gwoɨl (“bad”): worst

Descendants
  • Middle Breton: goazhaff
    • Breton: gwashañ
  • Cornish: gwetha
  • Middle Welsh: gwaethaf

Further reading
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*waxto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 405
  • Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 132

References
  1. Koch, John (2004) “worst *waxt-isamo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 397
  2. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 246
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