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Reconstruction:Latin/brucus

This Latin 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.

Latin

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Gaulish *wroikos (heather), from Proto-Celtic *wroikos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrukos/

Noun

*brūcus m (oblique *brūcum); second declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. heather

Declension

singular plural
nominative */ˈbrukos/ */ˈbrut͡ʃi/
oblique */ˈbruku/ */ˈbrukos/

Descendants

  • Direct reflexes:
    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: brugo
    • North Italian:
    • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Vulgar Latin: *brūcāria
    • North Italian:
      • Ligurian: brughëa, brughêa
      • Lombard: brughera
      • Piedmontese: bruëra
    • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Southern Gallo-Romance:
      • Catalan: bruguera
      • Occitan:
        • Auvergnat: brujeira
        • Languedocien: bruguièra

References

  • Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “uroica”, 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 329
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