Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/din

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 *dūnom (“fort, rampart”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdiːn/

Noun

*din m

a hill, fortified hill, fort

Descendants

Old Breton: din
- Breton: din
Cornish: din
Old Welsh: din
- Middle Welsh: din
  - Welsh: din

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 108

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