Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/arɣant

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *argantom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /arˈɣant/

Noun

*arɣant m (plural *arɣant)

silver, money

Descendants

Old Breton: argant
- Middle Breton: archant
  - Breton: arc'hant
Cornish: argans
Old Welsh: argant
- Middle Welsh: ariant
  - Welsh: arian

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 41

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