Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/tɨɣern
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Proto-Brythonic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *tigernos. Cognate with Old Irish tigern (“lord”).
Noun[edit]
*tɨɣern m
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
- *teɣɨrn[1]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further 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”