Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/fin

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

Borrowed from Latin fīnis (“end, limit”).^[1] Parallel borrowing with Middle Irish fín (“end”).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfiːn/

Noun

*fin f

boundary, border, limit
(possibly) end

Descendants

Middle Breton: fin (“end”) (or borrowed from Middle French fin (“end”))
- Breton: fin (“end”)
Middle Cornish: fin, fen
- Cornish: fin
Old Welsh: fin
- Middle Welsh: ffin
  - Welsh: ffin

References

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[1] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[2] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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