Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/nant

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 *nantos, *nantus (“stream, valley”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnant/

Noun

*nant m

1. stream, river
2. valley

Descendants

• Cumbric: *nant
• Middle Breton: nant
  • Breton: ant
• Old Cornish: nans
  • Cornish: nans
• Middle Welsh: nant
  • Welsh: nant

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 283