Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-enn
Proto-Brythonic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *-inyā. Cognate with Old Irish -(i)ne.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
*-enn f (masculine *-ɨnn)
- Forms singulatives of collective nouns.
- Forms abstract derivatives of certain nouns and adjectives.
- *llɨθer (“letter, missive”) + *-enn → *llɨθerenn (“letter, character, type”)
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 260
- ^ Irslinger, Britta (2010) “Les dérivés gallois, cornique -yn/-en, breton -enn et irlandais -ne: fonction et sémantique”, in La Bretagne Linguistique[1], page 58
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-yn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies