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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/manax

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 monachus. Parallel borrowing with Old Irish manach.

Noun

*manax m[1]

  1. (Christianity) monk

Descendants
  • Breton: manac'h
  • Old Cornish: manach
  • Middle Welsh: manach, menach
  • →? Old Irish: manach[1] (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 95: “PBr. *manaxos”
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