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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-enn

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ThisProto-Brythonic entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence.

Proto-Brythonic

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Etymology

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FromProto-Celtic*-inyā. Cognate withOld Irish-(i)ne.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /enː/

Suffix

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-enn f (masculine*-ɨnn)

Formssingulatives of collective nouns.
‎*llugod(“mice”) + ‎*-enn → ‎*llugodenn(“mouse”)
‎*ster(“stars”) + ‎*-enn → ‎*sterenn(“star”)
‎*know(“nuts”) + ‎*-enn → ‎*knowenn(“nut”)
Forms abstract derivatives of certain nouns and adjectives.
‎*llɨθer(“letter, missive”) + ‎*-enn → ‎*llɨθerenn(“letter, character, type”)

Descendants

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Old Breton:-enn
- Middle Breton:-enn
  - Breton:-enn
Old Cornish:-en
- Middle Cornish:-en
  - Cornish:-en
Old Welsh:-en
- Middle Welsh:-en
  - Welsh:-en

References

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^Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995),Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi,page260
^Irslinger, Britta (2010), “Les dérivés gallois, cornique -yn/-en, breton -enn et irlandais -ne: fonction et sémantique”, inLa Bretagne Linguistique‎^[1], page58
^R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-yn”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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