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)

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