Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/meið

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

From Proto-Celtic *mezgos. Cognate with Middle Irish medc.

Noun

*meið m[1]

  1. whey

Descendants

  • Old Breton: meid
  • Middle Cornish: meith
  • Welsh: maidd

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 376.
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