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Possibly from Proto-Indo-European*bʰrḗǵʰ-o-s, thematized from *bʰrḗǵʰ-s ~ *bʰréǵʰ-s, from liquid metathesized *bʰerǵʰ-(“to rise; high”), compare cognates Latinfortis(“strong, powerful”), Sanskritबृहत्(bṛhat, “mighty, strong”). Alternatively related to Proto-West Germanic*krīgan(“to strive”) and Ancient Greekβρῖθος(brîthos, “weight”), from hypothetical Proto-Indo-European*gʷreyH-, however the Greek is likely a substrate borrowing, and neither are semantically compelling.
^ 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
^ 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
^ 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