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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llenn

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 *linnā. Cognate with Old Irish lenn (“cloak”).[1][2]

Noun

*llenn f

  1. cloak
  2. curtain, veil

Descendants
  • Old Breton: lenn
  • Old Cornish: len
  • Old Welsh: lenn

Further reading
  • Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “lenn”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 102

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*linnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 240
  2. Koch, John (2004) “cloak *φlinnā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 66
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