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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwrėg

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 *wrakī or Proto-Celtic *gʷrakī. In the former case related to Old Irish frac (“woman”), and in the latter case perhaps related to Middle Irish *grúac (“hair”). For similar sense development, see Scottish Gaelic gruagach (“maiden, woman”), which evolved from gruag, as unmarried women did not cover their hair.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡwre̝ːɡ/

Noun

*gwrėg f (plural *gwrageð)

  1. woman, female human
  2. wife

Descendants
  • Middle Breton: gruec
  • Old Cornish: greg, grueg
    • Middle Cornish: gurek
  • Middle Welsh: gureic, gwreic

References
  1. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gruag”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page 206
  2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwraig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  3. Garnett, R. (1859). The Philological Essays of the Late Rev. Richard Garnett, of the British Museum. United Kingdom: Williams and Norgate, p. 159
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