Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brixs

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 *bʰr̥ǵʰs, from *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *burgz.

Noun

*brixs f

1. hill

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brixs	*brige	*briges
vocative	*brixs	*brige	*briges
accusative	*brigam	*brige	*brigams
genitive	*brigos	*brigou	*brigom
dative	*brigē	*brigobom	*brigobos
instrumental	*brige?	*brigobim	*brigobis

Derived terms

• *Brigantī

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *breɣ
  • Middle Cornish: bre
  • Middle Breton: bre
    • Breton: bre
  • Middle Welsh: bre
    • Welsh: bre
• Old Irish: brí
  • Irish: brí
  • Scottish Gaelic: bre
• Gaulish: *brignā, -brigā (in toponyms)
  • → Vulgar Latin: *brigna (see there for further descendants)
  • → Ligurian: bric
    • → Italian: bricco
  • → Piedmontese: brich
• Hispano-Celtic: -bris (“hill-fort”) (in toponyms)
  • → Galician: -bre (in toponyms)

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009), “brig-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 77