Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/bɨrr

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 Proto-Celtic *birros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɨr͈/

Adjective

*bɨrr (feminine *berr)

1. short

Descendants

• Old Breton: berr
  • Middle Breton: berr
    • Breton: berr
• Cornish: berr
• Middle Welsh: byrr
  • Welsh: byr

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 66