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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

  1. belly, abdomen
  2. 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

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *bronn (< genitive singular)
    • Old Breton: bronn
    • Cornish: bronn
    • Middle Welsh: bron
  • Old Irish: brú
    • Middle Irish: brú
      • Scottish Gaelic: brù

References
  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
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