Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ɨntr

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Proto-Brythonic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *enter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér.

The development of */ntr/ to /θr/ in Old Welsh is regular.[1]

Preposition

*ɨntr

  1. between

Descendants

  • Old Breton: entr-
  • Middle Cornish: yntre, ynter
  • Old Welsh: ithr

References

  1. ^ Sims-Williams, Patrick (2008) “The problem of spirantization and nasalization in Brittonic Celtic”, in Evidence and Counter-Evidence: Essays in Honour of Frederik Kortlandt, Volume 1, page 522

Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*enter”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 117

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