Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/dinėr

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin dēnărius, from Latin dēnārius (“denary”).[1][2]

Noun

*dinėr m

  1. penny, denarius

Descendants

  • Breton: diner
  • Old Cornish: dinair
  • Welsh: dinair

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 242: “< VLat. *dēnărius < Lat. dēnārius PBr. *Dẹ̄ne̟r”
  2. ^ Williams, Robert (1865), “dinair”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English​, London: Trubner & Co., page 104
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