Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/paraduɨs

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *paradēsus, from Latin paradīsus. Parallel borrowing with Middle Irish pardus (“paradise”).

Noun

*paraduɨs m[1]

  1. (Christianity) paradise

Descendants

  • Middle Breton: paradoes, barados, barazoes, baradoes
    • Breton: baradoz, paradoez, baraouiz (Gwenedeg)
  • Middle Cornish: parathys, paradys
  • Middle Welsh: paradwys

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 237: “PBr. *paradēs-; *paradīs-”
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