Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/aβuɨn

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

Borrowed from Latin habēna (“thong, rein, lash, bridle”).[1][2] Related to *gaβl (“fork”). Parallel borrowing with Middle Irish abann (“scourge, whip”).[3]

Noun

*aβuɨn f

bridle, rein

Descendants

Cornish: avond
Middle Welsh: afwyn
- Welsh: awen

References

Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 217: “Lat. habēna > PBr. PBr. *aβēn”
Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 58: “Ir.abann ‘scourge’ W.afwyn ‘bridle, rein’ (for Co. avond v. RC. 48. 37) : Lat. habēna”
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “abann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 217: “Lat. habēna > PBr. PBr. *aβēn”

[2] Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 58: “Ir.abann ‘scourge’ W.afwyn ‘bridle, rein’ (for Co. avond v. RC. 48. 37) : Lat. habēna”

[3] G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “abann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language