bressol
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin berciolum diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (“to carry”).[1]
Compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”). Cognate with French berceau.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern) [bɾəˈso̞l]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [bɾəˈsɔl]
- IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [bɾeˈsɔl]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Noun
[edit]bressol m (plural bressols)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “ber-o”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62
Further reading
[edit]- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “bressol”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)