Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/niβ̃er

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 numerus.[1] The development of the first vowel to *i is unique and has not been explained with certainty.[2] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish nuimir (“number”).[3]

Noun

*niβ̃er m

number

Descendants

Old Breton: nimer
- Middle Breton: niuer
  - Breton: niver
Middle Cornish: nyver, never, niver
- Cornish: niver
Old Welsh: nimer
- Middle Welsh: niuer, yniuer, eniuer
  - Welsh: nifer

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nifer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 147-148
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “nuimir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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[1] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nifer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[2] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 147-148

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