Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/muɨn

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 1

From Proto-Celtic *meinos (“smooth, mild, gentle”).

Adjective

*muɨn

  2. mild, gentle
Descendants
  • Old Breton: moin (“delicate”)
    • Middle Breton: moen (“thin”)
  • Old Cornish: muin (“gracile”)
    • Cornish: moon (“slender, slim”)
  • Middle Welsh: mwyn

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *meinis.

Noun

*muɨn f

  2. ore, metal
  3. mine
Descendants
  • Middle Breton: *men
    • ⇒ Breton: mengleuz (“quarry”)
  • Cornish: moon (“mineral”)
  • Middle Welsh: mwyn
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