Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/maɣɨn

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *maginos.

Noun

*maɣɨn m (plural *meɣin)

stone

Descendants

Old Breton: main
- Middle Breton: main, maen, men
  - Breton: maen
    - ⇒ Breton: maen-hir
      - → French: menhir
Cornish: men
Middle Welsh: maen
- Welsh: maen

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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