Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/bronn

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 pre-Proto-Brythonic *brusnā, rebuilt ā-stem from Proto-Celtic *brusnos, genitive singular of *brusū (“belly, breast”).

Noun

*bronn f

1. breast

Descendants

• Old Breton: bronn
  • Middle Breton: bronn
    • Breton: bronn
• Cornish: bronn
• Middle Welsh: bron

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
• University of Wales Proto-Celtic Wordlist