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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/krʉn

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 *krok(ke)no- (“skin”), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.[1] However, compare Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz (“ridge, back, spine”) and German Krug.[2]

Noun

*krʉn ?

  1. skin

Descendants
  • Breton: kroc'hen
  • Old Welsh: groen

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “krok(ke)no-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 226
  2. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “Proto-Brythonic/krʉn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page craicionn
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