Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brixs

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥ǵʰs, from *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *burgz.

Noun

*brixs f

hill

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brixs	*brige	*briges
vocative	*brixs	*brige	*briges
accusative	*brigam	*brige	*brigās
genitive	*brigos	*brigou	*brigom
dative	*brigē	*brigobom	*brigobos
instrumental	*brige?	*brigobim	*brigobis

Derived terms

*Brigantī

Descendants

Brythonic: *breɣ
- Middle Cornish: bre
- Middle Breton: bre
  - Breton: bre
- Middle Welsh: bre
  - Welsh: bre
Old Irish: brí
- Irish: brí
- Scottish Gaelic: bre
Gaulish: *brignā, -brigā (in toponyms)
- → Vulgar Latin: *brigna (see there for further descendants)
- → Piedmontese: brich
Hispano-Celtic: -bris (“hill-fort”) (in toponyms)
- → Galician: -bre (in toponyms)

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