Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/mėnɨβr

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

Borrowed from Latin manĭbrium, manūbrium (“handle, haft”).[1]

Noun

*mėnɨβr ?

hilt, handle

Descendants

Welsh: menebyr, menybyr, mynebr, mynyhr

References

Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 40: “< Lat. manibrium”

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 40: “< Lat. manibrium”