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
  • Breton: don
• Cornish: down
• Middle Welsh: dwvyn
  • Welsh: dwfn

References

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