Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/krʉn

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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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From Proto-Celtic *krok(ke)no- (“skin”), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.[1] However, compare Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz (“ridge, back, spine”) and German Krug.[2]

Noun

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*krʉn ?

  1. skin

Descendants

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  • Breton: kroc'hen
  • Old Welsh: groen

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “krok(ke)no-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 226
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “Proto-Brythonic/krʉn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page craicionn
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