Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/lleɣenn

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 legendum, legendā.[1] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish léigenn (“studying, learning”).[2]

Noun

*lleɣenn ?[3]

  1. literature, learning

Descendants

  • Middle Breton: lenn, leenn
    • ⇒ Middle Breton: lenn, leenn (“to read”)
  • Middle Cornish: lyen
  • Middle Welsh: lleen, llen

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 69.
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “léigenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “llên”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies: “*lleʒen(n)”

Further reading

  • Williams, Robert (1865), “lyen”, 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 241
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