Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/diskɨnnɨd

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 Latin dēscendō and readjusted with the cognate native prefix *di- (“from, of”).[1]

Verb

*diskɨnnɨd

  1. to descend

Descendants

  • Breton: diskenn
  • Middle Cornish: dyyskynna
    • Cornish: diyskynna
  • Middle Welsh: diskynn

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 27; 242: “LPBr. *Diskinn; Lat. preverb dē- [..] was replaced by the native preverb di-”
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