Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-iβ̃
Proto-Brythonic edit
Etymology edit
From Insular Celtic *-īmā. Originally occurring in compounds *kreddīmā, *(ɸ)rodīmā, where the formation *dīmā, from Pre-Celtic *dʰeh₁meh₂, was resegmented as *-d-īmā. Supplanted *-ed and possibly *-id as the productive verbal noun formative for ī-verbs.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
*-iβ̃
- Forms verbal nouns, originally from ī-verbs.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Stefan Schumacher (2000), The Historical Morphology of the Welsh Verbal Noun, Maynooth Studies in Celtic Linguistics IV, The Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, page 129-133