Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/edn

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 *ɸetnos.

Noun

*edn m (plural *ɨdn)

1. bird

Descendants

Due to its unusual final consonant cluster, *-dn became *-ðn in Breton and Cornish, and remained as such in Welsh.

• Middle Breton: ezn
  • Breton: evn
• Old Cornish: hethen
  • Middle Cornish: edhyn, ethen
    • Cornish: edhen
• Middle Welsh: edyn
  • Welsh: edn