Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/lleɣenn

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

Borrowed from Latin legendum, legendā.^[1] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish léigenn (“studying, learning”).^[2]

Noun edit

*lleɣenn ?^[3]

literature, learning

Descendants edit

Middle Breton: lenn, leenn
- ⇒ Middle Breton: lenn, leenn (“to read”)
  - Breton: lenn
Middle Cornish: lyen
- Cornish: lien
Middle Welsh: lleen, llen
- Welsh: llên

References edit

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 69
^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “léigenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llên”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies: “*lleʒen(n)”

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 69

[2] G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “léigenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[3] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llên”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies: “*lleʒen(n)”

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