Editing Cerdic of Wessex (section)

== Etymology ==
The name ''Ċerdiċ'' is thought by most scholars to be [[Common Brittonic|Brittonic]] rather than Germanic in origin. According to the Brittonic origin hypothesis, ''Ċerdiċ'' is derived from the British name ''*Caratīcos'' or ''Corotīcos'' (whose [[Old Welsh]] form was [[Ceretic (disambiguation)|''Ceretic'']]).<ref>{{cite book |last=Jackson |first=Kenneth |title=Language and History in Early Britain |date=1953 |publisher=University Press |location=Edinburgh, Scotland |pages=554, 557, 613, 680}}</ref><ref>Richard Coates, '[http://www.snsbi.org.uk/Nomina_articles/Nomina_13_Coates.pdf On Some Controversy Surrounding ''Gewissae'' / ''Gewissei'', ''Cerdic'' and ''Ceawlin'']', ''Nomina'', 13 (1989–90), pp. 1–11.</ref><ref>Parsons, D. (1997) ''British *Caraticos, Old English Cerdic'', Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies, 33, pp, 1–8.</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=John T. |last=Koch |author-link=John T. Koch |date=2006 |title=Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |location=Santa Barbara, California |isbn=1-85109-440-7 |pages=394–395}}</ref><ref>Hoops, J. (2002) ''Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde'', Volume 20, Walter de Gruyter, Germanic Antiquities, pp. 560–561</ref><ref name="Yorke, B. 1995 p. 190">Yorke, B. (1995) ''Wessex in the Early Middle Ages'', A&C Black, p. 190</ref> This may indicate that Cerdic was a native Briton, and that his dynasty became Anglicised over time.<ref>Koch, J.T., (2006) Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, {{ISBN|1-85109-440-7}}, pp. 392–393.</ref><ref>Yorke, B. (1995) ''Wessex in the Early Middle Ages'', A&C Black, pp. 190–191</ref> This view is supported by the potentially non-Germanic names of some of his descendants including [[Ceawlin]], [[Cedda]] and [[Cædwalla]].<ref name="Yorke, B. 1995 p. 190"/><ref>Howorth, H.H., "The Beginnings of Wessex", ''The English Historical Review'', Vol. 13, No. 52 (October 1898), pp. 667–671</ref><ref>Eagles, B., 2001. Anglo-Saxon presence and culture in Wiltshire c. AD 450-c. 675. In: Ellis, P. D., ed. Roman Wiltshire and After, Papers in Honour of Ken Annable, Wiltshire Archaeological Society, pp. 199–233, p. 204</ref><ref>Hills, C. (2003), Origins of the English, London: Duckworth, p. 105</ref>