Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/maluɨn

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 earlier *malɨɣn, borrowed from Latin malignus (“wicked, malicious”),^[1] syncopation of malus (“bad”) +‎ genus (“kind”), doublets of Proto-Celtic *mellos (“destruction, confusion”) and *genos (“family; birth”).

Adjective

*maluɨn

evil, accursed

Related terms

Descendants

Middle Welsh: malaen
- Welsh: malen

References

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 216: “Lat. malignus¹ > PBr. *Malïγn- > *Malēn”

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 216: “Lat. malignus¹ > PBr. *Malïγn- > *Malēn”

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