Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-iβ̃

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 Insular Celtic *-īmā. Originally occurring in compounds *kreddīmā, *(ɸ)rodīmā, where the formation *dīmā, from Pre-Celtic *dʰeh₁meh₂, was resegmented as *-d-īmā. Supplanted *-ed and possibly *-id as the productive verbal noun formative for ī-verbs.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iβ̃/

Suffix

*-iβ̃

Forms verbal nouns, originally from ī-verbs.

Related terms

*-aβ̃
*-oβ̃
*-ọβ̃

Descendants

Old Welsh: -im
- Middle Welsh: -if, -i
  - Welsh: -i
Middle Breton: -iff
- Breton: -iñ
Middle Cornish: -y

References

Stefan Schumacher (2000), The Historical Morphology of the Welsh Verbal Noun, Maynooth Studies in Celtic Linguistics IV, The Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, page 129-133