Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gʷrensos

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrensós. Cognate with Sanskrit घ्रं॒स (ghraṃsá, “heat of the sun”).

Noun

*gʷrensos

  1. heat

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwres
  • Old Irish: grís, gríss

References

  • John Morris-Jones (1913), A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 95 iii (1)
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gwres”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • Ranko Matasović (2009), Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic, Leiden: Brill, s.v. “*gʷrenso” (page 147)
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