Etymograph

English

Gwenhwyfar

Gwenhwyfar comes from Middle Welsh Gwenhwyfar, and goes back to Proto-Brythonic *Gwɨnnohuɨβar.

  1. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*Gwɨnnohuɨβarreconstructed
  2. Old Welshc. 800–1150Guinhuimar
  3. Middle Welshc. 1150–1500Gwenhwyfar
  4. Welshc. 1500–presentsame form
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*Gwɨnnohuɨβarreconstructed
  2. Old Welshc. 800–1150Guinhuimar
  3. Middle Welshc. 1150–1500Gwenhwyfar
  4. Welshc. 1500–presentsame form
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey- ‘to bind, fetter’

secular, soy, seta, 7 more

Today it means

name A female given name from Welsh, of rare usage, variant of Guinevere.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Brythonic *Gwɨnnohuɨβar / Gwenhwyfar

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