Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brestā
Proto-Celtic
editEtymology
editIdentified by Vendryes and later Matasović as cognate to Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to burst, break”).[1]
Noun
edit*brestā f
Inflection
editFeminine ā-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *brestā | *brestai | *brestās |
vocative | *brestā | *brestai | *brestās |
accusative | *brestam | *brestai | *brestāms |
genitive | *brestās | *brestous | *brestom |
dative | *brestāi | *brestābom | *brestābos |
locative | *brestai | *? | *? |
instrumental | *? | *brestābim | *brestābis |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Middle Irish: bres (“fight, effort”)
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 76-77