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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-enn

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

From Proto-Celtic *-inyā. Cognate with Old Irish -(i)ne.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /enː/

Suffix

*-enn f (masculine *-ɨnn)

  1. Forms singulatives of collective nouns.
    ‎*llugod (“mice”) + ‎*-enn → ‎*llugodenn (“mouse”)
    ‎*ster (“stars”) + ‎*-enn → ‎*sterenn (“star”)
    ‎*know (“nuts”) + ‎*-enn → ‎*knowenn (“nut”)
  2. Forms abstract derivatives of certain nouns and adjectives.
    ‎*llɨθer (“letter, missive”) + ‎*-enn → ‎*llɨθerenn (“letter, character, type”)

Descendants
  • Old Breton: -enn
  • Old Cornish: -en
    • Middle Cornish: -en
  • Old Welsh: -en

References
  1. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 260
  2. Irslinger, Britta (2010) “Les dérivés gallois, cornique -yn/-en, breton -enn et irlandais -ne: fonction et sémantique”, in La Bretagne Linguistique‎, page 58
  3. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-yn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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