Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brusū

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“belly, to swell”); compare with English breast, Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ (“breastplate”), and Proto-Slavic *břȗxo (“belly”).[1] However, also compare Ancient Greek βρύω (brúō, “to be full, bursting”) and Sanskrit भ्रूण (bhrūṇa, “embryo”).[2]

Noun

*brusū f

belly, abdomen
breast

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brusū	*brusne	*brusnes
vocative	*brusū	*brusne	*brusnes
accusative	*brusnam	*brusne	*brusnams
genitive	*brusnos	*brusnou	*brusnom
dative	*brusnei	*brusnobom	*brusnobos
locative	*brusni	—	—
instrumental	*brusne?	*brusnobim	*brusnobis

Derived terms

*brusnā
- Proto-Brythonic: *bronn
  - Breton: bronn
  - Cornish: bronn
  - Welsh: bron
*brusnyos
- →? Proto-Germanic: *brunjǭ
- Old Irish: bruinne
  - Middle Irish: broinn
    - Irish: broinn

Descendants

Old Irish: brú
- Middle Irish: brú
  - Scottish Gaelic: brù

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “bruson-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 81
MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “Proto-Celtic/brusū”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page brù

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “bruson-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 81

[2] MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “Proto-Celtic/brusū”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page brù