Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/mėgin

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

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Etymology

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Unknown; possibly related to Proto-Germanic *magô (stomach), Russian мошна (mošna, pouch, purse), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mak-.[1]

Noun

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*mėgin f

  1. bellows

Descendants

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  • Middle Breton: meguin
  • Old Cornish: mygen
  • Middle Welsh: megin

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *makīnā–254