Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/-iβ̃

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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 Insular Celtic *-īmā. Originally occurring in compounds *kreddīmā, *(ɸ)rodīmā, where the formation *dīmā, from Pre-Celtic *dʰeh₁meh₂, was resegmented as *-d-īmā. Supplanted *-ed and possibly *-id as the productive verbal noun formative for ī-verbs.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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*-iβ̃

  1. Forms verbal nouns, originally from ī-verbs.
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Descendants

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  • Old Welsh: -im
  • Middle Breton: -iff
  • Middle Cornish: -y

References

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  • Stefan Schumacher (2000), The Historical Morphology of the Welsh Verbal Noun, Maynooth Studies in Celtic Linguistics IV, The Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, page 129-133