Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brixs
Proto-Celtic edit
Etymology edit
From *bʰérǵʰ-s ~ *bʰr̥ǵʰ-és (“something high up, fortified”), whence also *brigā.
Noun edit
*brixs f
Declension edit
Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *brixs | *brige | *briges |
vocative | *brixs | *brige | *briges |
accusative | *brigam | *brige | *brigams |
genitive | *brigos | *brigou | *brigom |
dative | *brigei | *brigobom | *brigobos |
locative | *brigi | — | — |
instrumental | *brige? | *brigobim | *brigobis |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old Irish: brí
- Gaulish: *brignā (in toponyms)
- Hispano-Celtic: -bris (“hill-fort”) (in toponyms)
- → Galician: -bre (in toponyms)
References edit
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “brig-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 77