brennik

Cornish

Alternative forms

• (Revived Late Cornish) bernik, brednik

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *baranāko, from Proto-Celtic *barinākos (“rocky ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H- (“mountain, hill”), from *gʷerH- (“to elevate”). Compare Breton brennig, Welsh brennig.

Noun

brennik m (singulative brenigen)

1. (collective) limpets

Mutation

Mutation of brennik

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
brennik	vrennik	unchanged	prennik	frennik	vrennik

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “barina”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 57