Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/ni

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 Insular Proto-Celtic *nīs, from Proto-Celtic *ne esti (“is not”).

Adverb

*ni

not

Descendants

Old Breton: ne
- Middle Breton: ne
  - Breton: ne
Cornish: ny
Old Welsh: ni
- Middle Welsh: ny, nyt
  - Welsh: ni

References

University of Wales Proto-Celtic Wordlist

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