Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/eðenn

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 edit

From Proto-Celtic *edennos. Cognate with Old Irish eidenn (“ivy”).^[1]

Noun edit

*eðenn m

ivy

Descendants edit

Middle Breton: ilieavenn
- Breton: iliav, ilio, iliavenn (sgv.)
Cornish: idhyow, idhyo, idhyowen (sgv.)
Middle Welsh: eido, eiddio
- Welsh: eiddew, eiddo

Further reading edit

Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 36
Williams, Robert (1865) “idhio”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 225
Cornillet, Gérard (2017) “iliav”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 787

References edit

^ Koch, John (2004) “*φedenno-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 185

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