Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/dinėr

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin dēnărius, from Latin dēnārius (denary).[1][2]

Noun[edit]

*dinėr m

  1. penny, denarius

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Breton: diner
  • Old Cornish: dinair

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 242:< VLat. *dēnărius < Lat. dēnārius PBr. *Dẹ̄ne̟r
  2. ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “dinair”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 104