Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/tɨɣern

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 *tigernos. Cognate with Old Irish tigern (“lord”).

Noun

*tɨɣern m

  1. lord, ruler

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Old Breton: *tiarn, *tiern
  • Old Welsh: *tigern

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 70: “MW teyrn ‘lord’ < *Teγïrn < *Tiγirn < PBr. *tigernos”

Further reading

  • Cornillet, Gérard (2017), “tiern”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton‎[1] (in French), page 1551
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