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

From Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtiːr/

Noun

*tir m

land

Descendants

Middle Breton: tir
- Breton: tir
Old Cornish: tir
- Cornish: tir
Old Welsh: tir
- Middle Welsh: tir
  - Welsh: tir

References

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

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