Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/braɨn

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

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (“to smell, have a strong odour”). Cognate with Old Irish brén.

Adjective

*braɨn

1. foul, stinking, putrid

Descendants

• Middle Breton: brein
  • Breton: brein
• Middle Welsh: braen
  • Welsh: braen