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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *linnā. Cognate with Old Irish lenn (“cloak”).^[1]^[2]

Noun edit

*llenn f

cloak
curtain, veil

Descendants edit

Old Breton: lenn
- Breton: lenn
Old Cornish: len
- Cornish: len
Old Welsh: lenn
- Middle Welsh: llen
  - Welsh: llen

References edit

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

[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^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 66

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