Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brātīr

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.^[1]

Noun edit

*brātīr m

brother

Declension edit

Masculine/feminine r-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brātīr	*brātere	*brāteres
vocative	*brāter	*brātere	*brāteres
accusative	*brāteram	*brātere	*brāterams
genitive	*brātros	*brātrous	*brātrom
dative	*brātrē	*brātarbom	*brātarbos
locative	*brātri	*?	*?
instrumental	*brātrē	*brātarbim	*brātarbis

Descendants edit

Proto-Brythonic: *brọdr
- Old Breton: brotr
  - Middle Breton: breuzr
    - Breton: breur
- Middle Welsh: brawt
  - Welsh: brawd
- Cornish: broder
Old Irish: bráthair
- Irish: bráthair
- Manx: braar
- Scottish Gaelic: bràthair
Gaulish: *bratir

References edit

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 74

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 74

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