Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ɨnɨs

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 *enistī.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɨˈnˑɨs/

Noun

*ɨnɨs f (plural *ɨnɨseð)

island

Descendants

Old Breton: inis
- Middle Breton: enes
  - Breton: enez
Cornish: enys
Middle Welsh: ynys
- Welsh: ynys

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 116

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