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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/duβn

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 *dubnos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰnós.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈduβn̩/

Adjective

*duβn (feminine *doβn)

  1. deep

Descendants
  • Middle Breton: doun
  • Cornish: down
  • Middle Welsh: dwvyn

References
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 107
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