Reconstruction:Latin/brucus

This Latin 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.

Latin

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Gaulish *wroikos (“heather”), from Proto-Celtic *wroikos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbrukʊs/

Noun

*brūcus m (genitive *brūcī); second declension

heather

Declension

Second declension.

Italo-Western declension of *brūcus
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*brúcọs	*brúci
genitive	*brúci	*brucọ́rọ
dative	*brúcọ	*brúcis
accusative-ablative	*brúcọ	*brúcọs

Descendants

Direct reflexes:
- Italo-Romance:
  - Italian: brugo
- Padanian:
  - Ligurian: brûgo, brugo
  - Lombard: brugh
  - Piedmontese: bru
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
  - Catalan: bruc
  - Occitan: bruc, bruga
⇒ Vulgar Latin: brūcāria
- Padanian:
  - Ligurian: brughëa, brughêa
  - Lombard: brughera
    - → Italian: brughiera
  - Piedmontese: bruëra
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
  - Franco-Provençal: bruére, bruviére
  - Old French: bruiere
    - French: bruyère
  - Norman: brüethe, bruëthe
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
  - Catalan: bruguera
  - Occitan:
    - Auvergnat: brujeira
    - Languedocien: bruguièra

References

Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “uroica”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 329