Etymograph

English

gorsedd

Gorsedd comes from Welsh gorsedd ‘throne’, from sedd ‘seat’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sodyom.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sodyomreconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCEsame formroot as named · steps between not traced
  3. Welshc. 1500–presentsedd‘seat’
  4. Welsh, derivedc. 1500–presentgorsedd‘throne’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1911same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sodyomreconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCEsame formroot as named · steps between not traced
  3. Welshc. 1500–presentsedd‘seat’
  4. Welsh, derivedc. 1500–presentgorsedd‘throne’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1911same form

Earliest quotation: 1911, William Caine, Of a Gorsedd at the Great Stones: “Now a Gorsedd is a competition for Bardic honours.”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *sodyom

Today it means

noun A community of bards, usually Welsh, but sometimes Breton or Cornish.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sodyom / gorsedd

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