Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brugnos

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

Uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷruHǵʰ-nó-, from the root *gʷrewHǵʰ- (“to bite”) + *-nós, though the laryngeal makes this problematic; alternatively from *bʰreg- (“to break”).

Noun

*brugnos m

1. pain, sadness

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brugnos	*brugnou	*brugnoi
vocative	*brugne	*brugnou	*brugnūs
accusative	*brugnom	*brugnou	*brugnoms
genitive	*brugnī	*brugnous	*brugnom
dative	*brugnūi	*brugnobom	*brugnobos
locative	*brugnei	*?	*?
instrumental	*brugnū	*brugnobim	*brugnūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *bruɨn
  • Middle Welsh: brwyn
    • Welsh: brwyn
• Old Irish: brón
  • Irish: brón
  • Scottish Gaelic: bròn