Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brokkos
Appearance
Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown.[1] Possible cognate with Old High German braccho (“sniffer dog”), for which see Middle English rache.[2]
Noun
[edit]*brokkos m
Declension
[edit]Masculine o-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *brokkos | *brokkou | *brokkoi |
vocative | *brokke | *brokkou | *brokkoi |
accusative | *brokkom | *brokkou | *brokkons |
genitive | *brokkī | *brokkous | *brokkom |
dative | *brokkūi | *brokkobom | *brokkobos |
locative | *brokkei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *brokkū | *brokkobim | *brokkūis |
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *brox
- Primitive Irish: ᚁᚏᚑᚉᚔ (broci, genitive)
- Gaulish: broko-, *brokkos
- → Latin: broccus (“buck-teeth”) (see there for further descendants)
- → Old English: brocc, broc
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brokko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2006) “Gemination and Allomorphy in the Proto-Germanic Stems: Bottom and Rime”, in Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik[1], volume 61, number 1, pages 17-25