Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ni

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

Etymology

From Insular Proto-Celtic *nīs, from Proto-Celtic *ne esti (“is not”).

Adverb

*ni

1. not

Descendants

• Old Breton: ne
  • Middle Breton: ne
    • Breton: ne
• Cornish: ny
• Old Welsh: ni
  • Middle Welsh: ny, nyt
    • Welsh: ni, nid

References

• University of Wales Proto-Celtic Wordlist