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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/mil
Proto-Brythonic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *mīlom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiːl/
Noun
*mil m
- animal, beast
Descendants
- Middle Breton: mil
- Breton: mil
- Old Cornish: mil
- Middle Cornish: mil, myl
- Cornish: mil
- Middle Cornish: mil, myl
- Middle Welsh: mil
- Welsh: mil
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 271
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin mīlia. Cognate with Old Irish míle.
Numeral
*mil
- thousand
Descendants
- Middle Breton: mil
- Breton: mil
- Middle Cornish: mil, myl
- Cornish: mil
- Middle Welsh: mil
- Welsh: mil
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), chapter MIL, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies