Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brigā

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Frrom Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥ǵʰeh₂, zero-grade form of *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”). Cognate with Proto-Italic *forktis (“strong, robust”)[1] (compare Latin fortis), Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰrĵʰánts (“high, tall, mighty”), Old Armenian բարձր (barjr, “high, great”). Related to Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”).

Noun

*brigā f

might, power

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brigā	*brigai	*brigās
vocative	*brigā	*brigai	*brigās
accusative	*brigam	*brigai	*brigās
genitive	*brigās	*brigous	*brigom
dative	*brigai	*brigābom	*brigābos
instrumental	*?	*brigābim	*brigābis

Descendants

Brythonic: [Term?]
- Middle Breton: bry
- Cornish: bry
- Middle Welsh: bri
  - Welsh: bri
Old Irish: bríg
- Irish: brí
- Manx: bree
- Scottish Gaelic: brìgh
Gaulish:
- Old Occitan: briu
  - Catalan: briu
  - Spanish: brío
    - Italian: brio
      - English: brio
      - French: brio
    - Portuguese: brio
    - Galician: brío

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 236

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 236