brennik
Cornish edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Revived Late Cornish) brednik
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *baranāko, from Proto-Celtic *barinākos (“rocky ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H- (“mountain, hill”), from *gʷerH- (“to elevate”).
Noun edit
brennik f (singulative brenigen)
References edit
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “barina”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 57