Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llin
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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 1
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *līnom. Cognate with Old Irish lín (“linen”).[1][2]
Noun
[edit]*llin ?
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Williams, Robert (1865) “lin”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 236
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *līnom. Cognate with Old Irish lín (“full number”).[3]
Noun
[edit]*llin ?
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*linnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 240
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “linen *līno-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 204
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*līno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 240-241