Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brugnos

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

Uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷruHǵʰ-nó-, from the root *gʷrewHǵʰ- (“to bite”) + *-nós, though the laryngeal makes this problematic; alternatively from *bʰreg- (“to break”).

Noun

*brugnos m[1]

  1. pain, sadness

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *brugnos *brugnou *brugnoi
vocative *brugne *brugnou *brugnoi
accusative *brugnom *brugnou *brugnons
genitive *brugnī *brugnous *brugnom
dative *brugnūi *brugnobom *brugnobos
locative *brugnei *? *?
instrumental *brugnū *brugnobim *brugnūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *bruɨn
  • Old Irish: brón

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brugno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 80-81
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