Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/muɨn

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 1

From Proto-Celtic *mēnis, from Proto-Indo-European *mēy(H)nis, from *(s)mēy(H)- (“to cut, hew”).

Noun

*muɨn f

ore, metal
mine

Descendants

Middle Breton: men-
- Breton: mengleuz (“quarry”)
Cornish: moen
Middle Welsh: mwyn
- Welsh: mwyn

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *moinis (“treasure, precious object”) (compare Irish maoin (“property, riches”)), from Proto-Indo-European *moynis (compare Latin mūnis (“obliging”), Old English mǣne (“common”)), from *mey- (“to change”).

Adjective

*muɨn

beautiful

Descendants

Old Breton: moin (“delicate”)
- Middle Breton: moen (“thin”)
  - Breton: moan
Old Cornish: muin (“gracile”)
Old Welsh: muin (“worth, value”)
- Middle Welsh: mwyn
  - Welsh: mwyn