Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/mil

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 1 edit

From Proto-Celtic *mīlom.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈmiːl/

Noun edit

*mil m

animal, beast

Descendants edit

Middle Breton: mil
- Breton: mil
Old Cornish: mil
- Middle Cornish: mil, myl
  - Cornish: mil
Middle Welsh: mil
- Welsh: mil

References edit

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 271

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Latin mīlia. Cognate with Old Irish míle.

Numeral edit

*mil

thousand

Descendants edit

Middle Breton: mil
- Breton: mil
Middle Cornish: mil, myl
- Cornish: mil
Middle Welsh: mil
- Welsh: mil

References edit

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