Breton edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Breton -ien.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-ijenn

  1. -ity, -ness
    start + -ijenn = startijenn
    teñval (dark) + -ijenn = teñvalijenn (darkness)

References edit

  1. ^ J. R. F. Piette, French loanwords in Middle Breton (1973), page 12: Thus the modern suffix -ijenn in such words as yenijenn [...] represents MB. -ien: yenien [...]