Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/maluɨn
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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[edit]
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[edit]
*maluɨn
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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”
Categories:
- Proto-Brythonic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Brythonic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)mel-
- Proto-Brythonic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Brythonic terms borrowed from Latin
- Proto-Brythonic terms derived from Latin
- Proto-Brythonic lemmas
- Proto-Brythonic adjectives