Breten

Cornish

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Breten

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *Pritanī, from Proto-Celtic *kʷritanī, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Cognate with Breton Breizh (“Brittany”) and Welsh Prydain.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛtɛn/

Proper noun

Breten f

Britain (great Britain, a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquity)
(loosely) Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)

Derived terms

Breten Veur (“Great Britain”)
Breten Vyghan (“Brittany”)
bretennek (“British”)

Related terms

Brython, Brythones (“Briton”)
Brythonek (“Brythonic, Brittonic”)

Mutation

Mutation of *Breten*
radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
Breten	Vreten	unchanged	Preten	Freten, Vreten*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old English

Alternative forms

Breton, Bryten, Breoten, Breoton

Etymology

From a British form of Latin Britannia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbre.ten/

Proper noun

Breten f

Britain (a large island of Northern Europe)

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Breten	—
accusative	Bretene	—
genitive	Bretene	—
dative	Bretene	—

Related terms

Descendants

Middle English: Bretene (early)