Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/tir

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

Either from s-stem Proto-Celtic *tīros,[1] direct cognate with Old Irish tír, or n-stem Proto-Celtic *tīryū, singular to n-stem plural *tirjon.

Noun

*tir m

  1. land
    Synonym: *tirjon

Descendants

  • Middle Breton: tir
  • Old Cornish: tir
  • Old Welsh: tir

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 379
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