Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/pexadʉr

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vulgar Latin peccătōrem, from Latin peccātōrem with pretonic shortening of ā.[1][2][3] Equivalent to *pexọd (sin) or *pexad (to sin) +‎ *-adʉr.

Noun

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*pexadʉr m (feminine *pexadʉres)

  1. sinner
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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 58:W. pechadur ‘sinner’ Co. pehadur : Lat. peccatōr-em
  2. ^ Jackson, Kenneth (1953) Language and History in Early Britain: a chronological survey of the Brittonic Languages, 1st to 12th c. A.D., Edinburgh: The University Press, →ISBN, page 289
  3. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pechadur”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies