Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brāgants

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

From an element *brāg- +‎ *-ants (body part suffix), the root apparently from *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”) but with an unidentified suffix *-gʰ-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *kragô (“throat, neck”) (see English craw).[1][2] Compare also Latin gurges (“gulf, bay; whirlpool, eddy”), similarly thought to derive from *gʷerh₃-g(ʰ)-, though its relationship to the words for “throat” is less clear.

Noun

*brāgants m[2]

neck, throat

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brāganss	*brāgante	*brāgantes
vocative	*brāganss	*brāgante	*brāgantes
accusative	*brāgantam	*brāgante	*brāgantams
genitive	*brāgantos	*brāgantou	*brāgantom
dative	*brāgantei	*brāgantobom	*brāgantobos
locative	*brāganti	—	—
instrumental	*brāgante?	*brāgantobim	*brāgantobis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Breton: brehant
- Old Cornish: briansen, bryansenn
- Welsh: breuant
Old Irish: bráge
- Middle Irish: brága
  - Irish: brá (“captive, hostage”), bráid (“neck, throat”)
  - Scottish Gaelic: bràigh (“captive, hostage”)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kragan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 300
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*brāgant-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-73

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kragan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 300

[Matasovic-2] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*brāgant-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-73