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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ir

Proto-Brythonic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iːr/

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸūros, from Proto-Indo-European *puHrós, which derives from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to be clean, pure”). Cognate with Latin pūrus and Old Irish úr.

Adjective

*ir

  1. fresh, new

Descendants
  • Cornish: yr
  • Welsh: ir
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