Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brixtus

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 *bʰerǵʰ- (“to enlighten”). There is, however, also a Proto-Celtic adjective *berxtos (“bright, beautiful”), pointing to the other meaning of this PIE root, sometimes reconstructed with a laryngeal *bʰerHǵ- (“bright”).^[1]

Noun

*brixtus ?

charm, spell, magical formula, incantation

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brixtus	*brixtū	*brixtowes
vocative	*brixtu	*brixtū	*brixtūs
accusative	*brixtum	*brixtū	*brixtums
genitive	*brixtous	*brixtous	*brixtowom
dative	*brixtou	*brixtubom	*brixtubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*brixtū	*brixtubim	*brixtubis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *briθ (see there for further descendants)
Gaulish: brictom
Old Irish: bricht
- Irish: briocht

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brixtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brixtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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