Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/niβ̃er

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 numerus.^[1] The development of the first vowel to *i is unique and has not been explained with certainty.^[2] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish nuimir (“number”).^[3]

Noun

*niβ̃er m

number

Descendants

Old Breton: nimer
- Middle Breton: niuer
  - Breton: niver
Middle Cornish: nyver, never, niver
- Cornish: niver
Old Welsh: nimer
- Middle Welsh: niuer, yniuer, eniuer
  - Welsh: nifer

References

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nifer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 147-148
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nuimir”, 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), “nifer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[2] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 147-148

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

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