Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ɨβɨd

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *ɸibeti, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɨˈβɨːd/

Verb

*ɨβɨd

to drink

Derived terms

*ɨβed

Descendants

Middle Breton: yvet
- Breton: evañ
Cornish: eva, eve
Middle Welsh: yuet
- Welsh: yfed

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 130

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