Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brāgants

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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

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From *brāgom +‎ *-ants (body part suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₃-gʰ-ó-m, from *gʷerh₃- (to devour). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *kragą (throat, neck).[1][2]

Noun

*brāgants m[2]

  1. neck, throat

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *brāgants *brāgante *brāgantes
vocative *brāgants *brāgante *brāgantes
accusative *brāgantam *brāgante *brāgantams
genitive *brāgantos *brāgantou *brāgantom
dative *brāgantei *brāgantobom *brāgantobos
locative *brāganti
instrumental *brāgante? *brāgantobim *brāgantobis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: brágae, brága

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kragan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 300
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brāgant-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-73