Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/diskɨnnɨd

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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin dēscendō and readjusted with the cognate native prefix *di- (“from, of”).^[1]

Verb edit

*diskɨnnɨd

to descend

Descendants edit

Breton: diskenn
Middle Cornish: dyyskynna
- Cornish: diyskynna
Middle Welsh: diskynn
- Welsh: disgyn

References edit

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 27; 242: “LPBr. *Diskinn; Lat. preverb dē- [..] was replaced by the native preverb di-”

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 27; 242: “LPBr. *Diskinn; Lat. preverb dē- [..] was replaced by the native preverb di-”

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