Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brigā

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥ǵʰ-éh₂, thematized from *bʰérǵʰ-s ~ *bʰr̥ǵʰ-és (“something high up, fortified”), whence also *brixs.

Noun

*brigā f

hill
Synonym: *brixs
fortress

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brigā	*brigai	*brigās
vocative	*brigā	*brigai	*brigās
accusative	*brigam	*brigai	*brigāms
genitive	*brigās	*brigous	*brigom
dative	*brigāi	*brigābom	*brigābos
locative	*brigai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*brigābim	*brigābis

Related terms

*brixs

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *breɣ
- Middle Cornish: bre
  - Cornish: bre
- Middle Breton: bre
  - Breton: bre
- Middle Welsh: bre
  - Welsh: bre
Gaulish: *brigā
- French: Brie
  - ⇒ French: brie
    - → English: brie
    - → Esperanto: brio
- →⇒ Latin: Eburobriga

Place names attested in Latin:

→⇒ Latin: Abobriga
→⇒ Latin: Arabriga
→⇒ Latin: Arcobriga
→⇒ Latin: Augustobriga
→⇒ Latin: Caetobriga
→⇒ Latin: Conimbriga
→⇒ Latin: Flaviobriga
→⇒ Latin: Ierabriga
→⇒ Latin: Juliobriga
→⇒ Latin: Lacobriga
→⇒ Latin: Langobriga
→⇒ Latin: Medubriga
→⇒ Latin: Merobriga
→⇒ Latin: Nemetobriga
→⇒ Latin: Nertobriga
→⇒ Latin: Segobriga
→⇒ Latin: Talabriga
→⇒ Latin: Tongobriga
→⇒ Latin: Turobriga

References