Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/tɨɣern

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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 Proto-Celtic *tigernos. Cognate with Old Irish tigern (lord).

Noun[edit]

*tɨɣern m

  1. lord, ruler

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Breton: *tiarn, *tiern
  • Old Welsh: *tigern

Further reading[edit]

  • Cornillet, Gérard (2017) “tiern”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 1551

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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