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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/tɨner

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 tener (“soft, tender, delicate”).[1] Parallel borrowing with Cornish tender (“sensitive, tender”).

Noun

*tɨner m

  1. soft, tender, delicate

Descendants
  • Breton: tener
  • Middle Welsh: tyner

Further reading
  • Cornillet, Gérard (2017) “tener”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 1537

References
  1. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 36
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