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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brugnos
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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
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”).
Declension
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *brugnos | *brugnou | *brugnoi |
| vocative | *brugne | *brugnou | *brugnūs |
| accusative | *brugnom | *brugnou | *brugnoms |
| genitive | *brugnī | *brugnous | *brugnom |
| dative | *brugnūi | *brugnobom | *brugnobos |
| locative | *brugnei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *brugnū | *brugnobim | *brugnūis |
Descendants
References
- 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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