Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ɨntr

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 *enter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér.

The development of */ntr/ to /θr/ in Old Welsh is regular.[1]

Preposition

*ɨntr

between

Descendants

Old Breton: entr-
- Middle Breton: entre, intre
  - Breton: etre
Middle Cornish: yntre, ynter
- Cornish: yntra, ynter
Old Welsh: ithr

References

Sims-Williams, Patrick (2008), “The problem of spirantization and nasalization in Brittonic Celtic”, in Evidence and Counter-Evidence: Essays in Honour of Frederik Kortlandt, Volume 1, page 522

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*enter”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 117

[1] Sims-Williams, Patrick (2008), “The problem of spirantization and nasalization in Brittonic Celtic”, in Evidence and Counter-Evidence: Essays in Honour of Frederik Kortlandt, Volume 1, page 522