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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brikkos

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 *perḱ- (motley, colored, spotted).

Adjective

*brikkos[1]

  1. speckled, spotted

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *brikkos *brikkou *brikkoi
vocative *brikke *brikkou *brikkoi
accusative *brikkom *brikkou *brikkoms
genitive *brikkī *brikkous *brikkom
dative *brikkūi *brikkobom *brikkobos
instrumental *brikkū *brikkobim *brikkobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *brikkā *brikkai *brikkās
vocative *brikkā *brikkai *brikkās
accusative *brikkam *brikkai *brikkams
genitive *brikkās *brikkous *brikkom
dative *brikkai *brikkābom *brikkābos
instrumental *? *brikkābim *brikkābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *brikkom *brikkou *brikkā
vocative *brikkom *brikkou *brikkā
accusative *brikkom *brikkou *brikkā
genitive *brikkī *brikkous *brikkom
dative *brikkūi *brikkobom *brikkobos
instrumental *brikkū *brikkobim *brikkobis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *brɨx
  • Old Irish: brecc
  • Gaulish: *brikkos, *Brikkos
    • Latin: briccus, Briccus

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brikko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 78
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