-bre

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See also: bre, Bre, BrE, BRE, Bré, and ʼbrê

Galician

Ancient and modern toponyms derived from Celtic *brixs/brigā in the Iberian Peninsula

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Gallaecian -bris (compare Aviliobris) from Proto-Celtic *brixs (fortified place) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥ǵʰs. Compare English -burgh.

Suffix

-bre m (noun-forming suffix, plural -bres)

  1. place name deuterotheme which originally named Iron Age local fortified places

Related terms

References

  • "-bre" in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • Prósper, Blanca María (2002). Lenguas y religiones prerromanas del occidente de la península ibérica. Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. →ISBN.
  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN