Catalan edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin berciolum diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (to carry).[1]

Compare Old Irish bert (bundle). Cognate with French berceau.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bressol m (plural bressols)

  1. cradle

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “ber-o”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62

Further reading edit

  • “bressol” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.