Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/muɨn

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 1

From Proto-Celtic *moinis (“treasure, precious object”). Cognate with Irish maoin (“property, riches”).

Adjective

*muɨn

beautiful

Descendants

Old Breton: moin (“delicate”)
- Middle Breton: moen (“thin”)
  - Breton: moan
Old Cornish: muin (“gracile”)
Old Welsh: muin (“worth, value”)
- Middle Welsh: mwyn
  - Welsh: mwyn

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *mēnis.

Noun

*muɨn f

ore, metal
mine

Descendants

Middle Breton: *men
- ⇒ Breton: mengleuz (“quarry”)
Cornish: moen
Middle Welsh: mwyn
- Welsh: mwyn

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