Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brattos

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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brattos

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

Uncertain; a comparison with Sanskrit ग्रथ्नाति (grathnāti, “to tie, string together”), from Proto-Indo-European *gretH- (“to tie”), seems unlikely due to the difficulty between th and tt; also compare Ancient Greek φάρσος (phársos, “cloth, covering”).[1] Matasovic suggests a substrate borrowing due to the unclear relationship with any other Indo-European words.

Noun

*brattos m[2][3]

1. cloak, mantle

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brattos	*brattou	*brattoi
vocative	*bratte	*brattou	*brattūs
accusative	*brattom	*brattou	*brattoms
genitive	*brattī	*brattous	*brattom
dative	*brattūi	*brattobom	*brattobos
locative	*brattei	*?	*?
instrumental	*brattū	*brattobim	*brattūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Breton: broz
    • Breton: brozh (“skirt”)
• Old Irish: bratt
  • Irish: brat
  • Manx: brat
  • Scottish Gaelic: brat
  • → Welsh: brat
• ⇒ Old Irish: brattach
  • Irish: bratach
  • Scottish Gaelic: bratach
    • → English: brattach
• ⇒ Old Breton: brothrac (possibly borrowed from Irish)
• ⇒ Middle Welsh: brethyn (“cloth”) (from *brattinyos)
  • Welsh: brethyn

References

1. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “Proto-Celtic/brattos”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
2. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*bratto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 75
3. Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies