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Gaulish
Etymology
A diminutive form of beru, from Proto-Celtic *beru, *bẹrŭro- (“spring, well”), said by Matasović to likely be related to *brutus (“fermentation, boiling heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-. Cognate with Welsh berwr, Irish biolar.
Pronunciation
Noun
berulā f
- cress
Declension
declension of berula (Transalpine)
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Descendants
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Latin
Etymology
From Gaulish berulā.
Pronunciation
Noun
berula f (genitive berulae); first declension
- a herb: bittercress or waterparsnip
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Marcellus Empiricus to this entry?)
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “berŭla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- berŭla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 215/2.