Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/tɨɣern

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

From Proto-Celtic *tigernos. Cognate with Old Irish tigern (“lord”).

Noun

*tɨɣern m

lord, ruler

Alternatives reconstructions

*teɣɨrn[1]

Related terms

*Kadüdɨɣern
*Tɨɣernoβ̃aɣl
*Gworθɨɣern
*tɨɣernọg

Descendants

Old Breton: *tiarn, *tiern
- Middle Breton: tiern
  - Breton: tiern
Old Welsh: *tigern
- Middle Welsh: teern, teyrn
  - Welsh: teyrn

References

Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 70: “MW teyrn ‘lord’ < *Teγïrn < *Tiγirn < PBr. *tigernos”

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 70: “MW teyrn ‘lord’ < *Teγïrn < *Tiγirn < PBr. *tigernos”