Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/eðenn

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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/eðenn

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *edennos. Cognate with Old Irish eidenn (“ivy”).[1]

Noun

*eðenn m

1. ivy

Descendants

• Middle Breton: ilieavenn
  • Breton: iliav, ilio, iliavenn (sgv.)
• Cornish: idhyow, idhyo, idhyowen (sgv.)
• Middle Welsh: eido, eiddio
  • Welsh: eiddew, eiddo

Further reading

• Lewis, Henry; Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 36
• Williams, Robert (1865), “idhio”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English​, London: Trubner & Co., page 225
• Cornillet, Gérard (2017), “iliav”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 787

References

1. Koch, John (2004), “*φedenno-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 185