Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/krʉn

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 *krok(ke)no- (“skin”), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.[1] However, compare Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz (“ridge, back, spine”) and German Krug.[2]

Noun

*krʉn ?

skin

Descendants

Breton: kroc'hen
Old Welsh: groen
- Welsh: croen

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “krok(ke)no-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 226
MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “Proto-Brythonic/krʉn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page craicionn

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “krok(ke)no-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 226

[2] MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “Proto-Brythonic/krʉn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page craicionn