brethorn

place name. Forest of Brethil

A variant name for the forest Brethil appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a combination of breth “mast” and orn “tree” (EtyAC/NEL).

brethel

noun. beech, beech-tree, silver birch

brethel

noun. beech

brethil

noun. beech

Changes

• brethil → brethel ✧ Ety/NEL

Cognates

• ᴹT. bredele “beech-tree” ✧ Ety/BERÉTH

Derivations

• ᴹ√BERETH “beech” ✧ Ety/NEL; Ety/PHER

Element in

• N. Brethil ✧ Ety/NEL
• N. Brethilian(d) “Forest of Brethil” ✧ Ety/BERÉTH
• N. Nimbrethil

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√BERÉTH > brethel	[berétʰele] > [bretʰel] > [breθele] > [breθel]	✧ Ety/NEL
ᴹ√BERÉTH > brethil	[berétʰelī] > [bretʰelī] > [bretʰeli] > [breθeli] > [breθili] > [breθil]	✧ Ety/NEL

Variations

• brethel ✧ Ety/NEL

brethilian(d)

place name. Forest of Brethil

A variant name for the forest Brethil appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a combination of brethil “beech” and the suffix -ian(d) “land” (Ety/BERÉTH).

Elements

Word	Gloss
brethil	“beech”
-ian(d)	“-land”

Variations

• Brethiliand/Brethilian ✧ Ety/BERÉTH

fêr

noun. beech-tree