Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/mil

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 1

From Proto-Celtic *mīlom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːl/

Noun

*mil m

1. animal, beast

Descendants

• Middle Breton: mil
  • Breton: mil
• Old Cornish: mil
  • Middle Cornish: mil, myl
    • Cornish: mil
• 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

1. 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