Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ėrxɨd

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 *ɸarsketi, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱéti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e̝rˈxɨːd/

Verb

*ėrxɨd

  1. to ask, plead

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle Breton: archaff
    • Breton: arc'hiñ
  • Cornish: erghi
  • Old Welsh: erchim (verbal noun), ercit (imperative), rit·ercis (3sg. perf.)

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 125