Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/tirjon

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

Fossilized plural to Proto-Celtic *tīryū[1] ~ *tīryones, n-stem to *tir (“land”).

Noun

*tirjon m

  1. dry land
    Synonym: *tir

Descendants

  • Middle Breton: tyryen
    • Breton: tirien, tirion (“wasteland, fallow land; lawn; upper part of a meadow where the earth is dry”)
  • Middle Welsh: tirion (“lands?; territory, plain, grassland”)

References

  1. ^ Koch, John (2004) “lands *tīr-jon-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 195

Further reading

  • Cornillet, Gérard (2017) “tirien”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 1555
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tirion2”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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