Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/Gwɨnnohuɨβar

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

Alternative forms

  • *Gwɨnnohuɨβ̃ar

Etymology

Unknown; possibly from *gwɨnn (“white”) +‎ *huɨβar, from Proto-Celtic *seibaris (“spirit, demon”).[1] Perhaps cognate with Old Irish Finnabair.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡwɨnː.huɨ.βar/

Proper noun

*Gwɨnnohuɨβar f

  1. a female given name

Descendants

  • Breton: Gwenivar
  • Middle Cornish: Gwynnever [ca. 1500]
  • Old Welsh: *Guinhuifar (< *Gwɨnnohuɨβ̃ar?)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *sēbro-–325
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