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

1. hill

   Synonym: *brixs

2. 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