Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/hwexed

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

Proto-Brythonic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *hwex
    Ordinal: *hwexed

Etymology

From Proto-Insular Celtic *swexsetos,[1] analogically remodeled after *kʷenkʷetos (“fifth”) (compare Old Irish seissed), from Proto-Celtic *swexstos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hwɛˈxɛːd/

Adjective

*hwexed

  1. sixth

Descendants

  • Breton: c'houecved
  • Cornish: hweghves, hweffes
  • Middle Welsh: chwechet

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “suexos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 286: “celtique insulaire a une forme *suexsetos”
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