Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/fin
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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]
Borrowed from Latin fīnis (“end, limit”).[1] Parallel borrowing with Middle Irish fín (“end”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*fin f
Descendants[edit]
- Middle Breton: fin (“end”) (or borrowed from Middle French fin (“end”))
- Breton: fin (“end”)
- Middle Cornish: fin, fen
- Cornish: fin
- Old Welsh: fin
References[edit]
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language