Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/dinėr

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin dēnărius, from Latin dēnārius (“denary”).^[1]^[2]

Noun

*dinėr m

penny, denarius

Related terms

*deg

Descendants

Breton: diner
Cornish: dinair, dinar, diner, dynar, dyner, dynnar
Welsh: dinair

References

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 242: “< VLat. *dēnărius < Lat. dēnārius PBr. *Dẹ̄ne̟r”
^ Williams, Robert (1865) “dinair”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 104

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 242: “< VLat. *dēnărius < Lat. dēnārius PBr. *Dẹ̄ne̟r”

[2] Williams, Robert (1865) “dinair”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 104

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