Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/neɨθjọr

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From earlier *nexθjọr, borrowed from Latin nūptiālia (wedding feast).

Noun[edit]

*neɨθjọr f[1]

  1. wedding feast

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Welsh: neithiawr

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 163:Lat. nuptiālia ‘wedding feast’ > PBr. *nuxiɔ̄r-