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Breton
Etymology
From Middle Breton -ien.[1]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ijenn
- -ity, -ness
- start + -ijenn = startijenn
- teñval (“dark”) + -ijenn = teñvalijenn (“darkness”)
References
- ^ J. R. F. Piette, French loanwords in Middle Breton (1973), page 12: Thus the modern suffix -ijenn in such words as yenijenn represents MB. -ien: yenien