Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/tɨɣern
Proto-Brythonic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *tigernos. Cognate with Old Irish tigern (“lord”).
Noun
edit*tɨɣern m
Alternative reconstructions
edit- *teɣɨrn[1]
Related terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- Cornillet, Gérard (2017) “tiern”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 1551
References
edit- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 70: “MW teyrn ‘lord’ < *Teγïrn < *Tiγirn < PBr. *tigernos”