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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/fin

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 fīnis (“end, limit”).[1] Parallel borrowing with Middle Irish fín (“end”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfiːn/

Noun

*fin f

  1. boundary, border, limit
  2. (possibly) end

Descendants
  • Middle Breton: fin (“end”) (or borrowed from Middle French fin (“end”))
    • Breton: fin (“end”)
  • Middle Cornish: fin, fen
  • Old Welsh: fin

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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