Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brassos

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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 *gʷrod-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷred-. Cognate with Latin grossus (fat).[1]

Adjective

*brassos[1]

  1. great, violent

Declension

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *brassos *brassou *brassoi
vocative *brasse *brassou *brassoi
accusative *brassom *brassou *brassons
genitive *brassī *brassous *brassom
dative *brassūi *brassobom *brassobos
instrumental *brassū *brassobim *brassobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *brassā *brassai *brassās
vocative *brassā *brassai *brassās
accusative *brassam *brassai *brassans
genitive *brassās *brassous *brassom
dative *brassai *brassābom *brassābos
instrumental *? *brassābim *brassābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *brassom *brassou *brassā
vocative *brassom *brassou *brassā
accusative *brassom *brassou *brassā
genitive *brassī *brassous *brassom
dative *brassūi *brassobom *brassobos
instrumental *brassū *brassobim *brassobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *brassyūs *? *brassyoses
vocative *brassyūs *? *brassyoses
accusative *brassyosam *? *brassyosans
genitive *brassisos *? *brassisom
dative *brassisei *? *brassisbos
instrumental *brassisī *? *brassisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *brassyūs *? *brassyoses
vocative *brassyūs *? *brassyoses
accusative *brassyosam *? *brassyosans
genitive *brassisos *? *brassisom
dative *brassisei *? *brassisbos
instrumental *brassisī *? *brassisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *brassis *? *?
vocative *brassis *? *?
accusative *brassis *? *?
genitive *brassisos *? *brassisom
dative *brassisei *? *brassisbos
instrumental *brassisī *? *brassisbis

Descendants

  • Brythonic:
    • Cornish: bras, brâs, broas
    • Middle Welsh: bras
    • Middle Breton: braz, bras
  • Goidelic:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brasso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 74
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bras”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language