brennik

Cornish

Alternative forms

  • (Revived Late Cornish) bernik, brednik

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *baranāko, from Proto-Celtic *barinākos (“rocky ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H- (“mountain, hill”), from *gʷerH- (“to elevate”). Compare Breton brennig, Welsh brennig.

Noun

brennik m (singulative brenigen)

  1. (collective) limpets

Mutation

Mutation of brennik
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
brennik vrennik unchanged prennik frennik vrennik

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “barina”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 57
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