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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brīgos

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 *bʰrḗǵʰ-o-s, thematized from *bʰrḗǵʰ-s ~ *bʰréǵʰ-s, from liquid metathesized *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise; high”),[1] compare cognates Latin fortis (“strong, powerful”), Sanskrit बृहत् (bṛhat, “mighty, strong”). Alternatively related to Proto-West Germanic *krīgan (“to strive”) and Ancient Greek βρῖθος (brîthos, “weight”), from hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *gʷreyH-,[2] however the Greek is likely a substrate borrowing,[3] and neither are semantically compelling.[4]

Noun

*brīgos m[1][5]

  1. power
  2. worth

Declension
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *brīgos — —
vocative *brīge — —
accusative *brīgom — —
genitive *brīgī — —
dative *brīgūi — —
locative *brīgei — —
instrumental *brīgū — —

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *briɣ
    • Middle Breton: bry
    • Cornish: bry
    • Middle Welsh: bri
  • Gaulish: *brīgos[6]
    • → Vulgar Latin: *brīgus

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brigo/ā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77-78
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “gu̯erī̆-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 477
  3. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βρί”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 239
  4. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*krigan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 304-305
  5. Koch, John (2004) “*brīgā-, *brīgo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, pages 261-262
  6. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “brigo-”, 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 88
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