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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brāgants

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *brāgom +‎ *-ants (body part suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₃-gʰ-ó-m, from *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *kragą (“throat, neck”).[1][2]

Noun

*brāgants m [2]

  1. neck, throat

Declension
Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *brāgans *brāgante *brāgantes
vocative *brāgans *brāgante *brāgantes
accusative *brāgantam *brāgante *brāgantās
genitive *brāgantos *brāgantou *brāgantom
dative *brāgantē *brāgantobom *brāgantobos
instrumental *brāgante? *brāgantobim *brāgantobis

Descendants
  • Brythonic: [Term?]
    • Old Breton: brehant
    • Old Cornish: briansen, bryansenn
    • Welsh: breuant
  • Old Irish: brágae, brága

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kragan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 300
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*brāgant-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-73
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