Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/estrọn

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *estrāneus,[1] from Latin extrāneus.[2]

Adjective

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*estrọn

  1. foreign, strange

Noun

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*estrọn m (plural *estrọnjon)

  1. foreigner, stranger

Descendants

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  • Middle Breton: estren
  • Middle Cornish: estren
  • Middle Welsh: estrawn

References

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  1. ^ Jackson, Kenneth (1953) Language and History in Early Britain: a chronological survey of the Brittonic Languages, 1st to 12th c. A.D., Edinburgh: The University Press, →ISBN, page 85
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “estron”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies