Cognate Set 4931 – Meaning: green

IE-CoR reference form:
[uiridis]
IE-CoR reference language:
Brythonic
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Loan event:
yes
Parallel loan event:
no
Loan source language:
Late Latin
Source lexeme in loan source language:
*virdis
Loan source lexeme belongs to cognate set:
uiridis [Latin]
Justification:
Borrowing from Late Latin *virdis (Lat. uiridis), cf. Falileyev 2000:69, Deshayes 2003:305-306.
Found in clades:
Celtic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 4 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
151   Welsh: North gwyrdd ɡwɨrð ɡwɨrð & 'glas' for flora
150   Middle Welsh gwyrd ɡwɨrð
149   Old Welsh guird ɡuirð
153   Late Cornish guêr ɡweːr
References
  • Deshayes, Albert: 305-06
    S.v. Bret. gwer 'vert'; presupposes an older form *guerz equivalent to Welsh gwyrdd (Old Welsh guird) which go back to a late Latin *virdis (Latin viridis).
  • Falileyev, Alexander: 69
    S.v. Old Welsh guird 'green' [gwyrdd], cf. OCo. guirt, gl. viridis, MB guezr, Ir. urdai. A borrowing from Lat. viridis.