Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/Pask

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

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פסחא‎ (paskha), from Hebrew פסח‎ (pésakh). Cognate with Old Irish Cásc.

Proper noun

*Pask m (plural *Paskow)

Easter

Descendants

Old Breton: Pasc
- Middle Breton: Pasq
  - Breton: Pask
Middle Cornish: Pask
- Cornish: Pask
Middle Welsh: Pasc
- Welsh: Pasg

Related terms

*Nọdọlig, *Nadọlig (“Christmas”)

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Pasg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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