Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brātus
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H-tu, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to express approval; praise”).[1] Cognate with Latin gratus.
Noun
*brātus m[1]
Declension
Masculine/feminine u-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *brātus | *brātū | *brātowes |
vocative | *brātu | *brātū | *brātūs |
accusative | *brātum | *brātū | *brātums |
genitive | *brātous | *brātous | *brātowom |
dative | *brātou | *brātubom | *brātubos |
locative | *? | *? | *? |
instrumental | *brātū | *brātubim | *brātubis |
Descendants
- Brythonic:
- Gaulish: bratou (dative)
- Goidelic:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brātu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 74/75
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bráth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language