Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brattos

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; a comparison with Sanskrit ग्रथ्नाति (grathnāti, “to tie, string together”), from Proto-Indo-European *gretH- (“to tie”), seems unlikely due to the difficulty between th and tt; also compare Ancient Greek φάρσος (phársos, “cloth, covering”).[1] Matasovic suggests a substrate borrowing due to the unclear relationship with any other Indo-European words.

Noun

*brattos m[2][3]

  1. cloak, mantle

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *brattos *brattou *brattoi
vocative *bratte *brattou *brattoi
accusative *brattom *brattou *brattons
genitive *brattī *brattous *brattom
dative *brattūi *brattobom *brattobos
locative *brattei *? *?
instrumental *brattū *brattobim *brattūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Breton: broz
      • Breton: brozh (“skirt”)
  • Old Irish: bratt (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Old Irish: brattach
  • ⇒ Old Breton: brothrac (possibly borrowed from Irish)
  • ⇒ Middle Welsh: brethyn (“cloth”) (from *brattinyos)

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “Proto-Celtic/brattos”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bratto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 75
  3. ^ Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎[2], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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