Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/tir

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 *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːr/

Noun

*tir m

1. land

Descendants

• Middle Breton: tir
  • Breton: tir
• Old Cornish: tir
  • Cornish: tir
• Old Welsh: tir
  • Middle Welsh: tir
    • Welsh: tir

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 379