Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/mėnɨβr

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 manĭbrium, manūbrium (handle, haft).[1]

Noun edit

*mėnɨβr ?

  1. hilt, handle

Descendants edit

  • Welsh: menebyr, menybyr, mynebr, mynyhr

References edit

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 40:< Lat. manibrium