Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brusnyos

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

Likely from *brusū (“belly, breast”), with pre-form *bʰrus-n-yo-s.

Noun

*brusnyos m

1. breast
2. hill

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brusnyos	*brusnyou	*brusnyoi
vocative	*brusnye	*brusnyou	*brusnyoi
accusative	*brusnyom	*brusnyou	*brusnyons
genitive	*brusnyī	*brusnyous	*brusnyom
dative	*brusnyūi	*brusnyobom	*brusnyobos
locative	*brusnyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*brusnyū	*brusnyobim	*brusnyūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *brünn
  • Cornish: bren
  • Middle Welsh: brynn
    • Welsh: bryn
• Old Irish: bruinne (“breast”)
  • Middle Irish: bruinne
    • Irish: broinne
• → Proto-Germanic: *brunjǭ (see there for further descendants)