Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mrogis

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 Proto-Indo-European *morǵ- (“frontier, border”). Cognate with Latin margo (“border, edge”), Proto-Germanic *markō (“border, region”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀‎ (mar^əza, “frontier”).

Noun

*mrogis f[1][2]

border, borderland, march, mark
region, country, territory, province

Declension

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mrogis	*mrogī	*mrogīs
vocative	*mrogi	*mrogī	*mrogīs
accusative	*mrogim	*mrogī	*mrogims
genitive	*mrogeis	*mrogyow	*mrogyom
dative	*mrogei	*mrogibom	*mrogibos
locative	*mrogei	*?	*?
instrumental	*mrogī	*mrogibim	*mrogibis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *broɣ
- Old Breton: bro
  - Middle Breton: bro
    - Breton: bro
- Cornish: bro
- Middle Welsh: bro
  - Welsh: bro
Old Irish: mruig
- Middle Irish: bruig, brug
  - Irish: brugh
Gaulish: *brogis[3], *-brogīs
- → Latin: brogi-, -broges
- ⇒? Gaulish: *brogilos
  - → Italian: brolo
  - → Old French: bruil
    - French: breuil
  - →? Old High German: brüel
    - Cimbrian: bröol
  - → Venetian: broło

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*mrogi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 280
Koch, John (2004), “*mrogi-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 43
Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “brog(i)-”, 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 91

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*mrogi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 280

[2] Koch, John (2004), “*mrogi-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 43

[3] Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “brog(i)-”, 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 91