Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brixs

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 *bʰérǵʰ-s ~ *bʰr̥ǵʰ-és (“something high up, fortified”), whence also *brigā.

Noun

*brixs f

1. hill

   Synonym: *brigā

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brixs	*brige	*briges
vocative	*brixs	*brige	*briges
accusative	*brigam	*brige	*brigams
genitive	*brigos	*brigou	*brigom
dative	*brigei	*brigobom	*brigobos
locative	*brigi	—	—
instrumental	*brige?	*brigobim	*brigobis

Derived terms

• *Brigantī

Related terms

• *brigā

Descendants

• Old Irish: brí
  • Irish: brí
  • Scottish Gaelic: bre
• Gaulish: *brignā (in toponyms)
  • → Vulgar Latin: *brigna (see there for further descendants)
  • → Ligurian: bric
    • → Italian: bricco
  • → Piedmontese: brich
• Hispano-Celtic: -bris (“hill-fort”) (in toponyms)
  • → Galician: -bre (in toponyms)

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “brig-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 77