Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/gwoɨθhaβ̃

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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 *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[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɡwaɨ̯θˈhaːβ̃/

Adjective[edit]

*gwoɨθhaβ̃

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

Descendants[edit]

Middle Breton: goazhaff
- Breton: gwashañ
Cornish: gwetha
Middle Welsh: gwaethaf
- Welsh: gwaethaf

Further reading[edit]

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[edit]

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

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