Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/breitrā

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

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut”).[1]

Noun

*breitrā f

  1. word
    Synonym: *woxtlom

Reconstruction notes

The Welsh sense "battle" could arise from "word" > "conversation" > "quarrel" > "battle" (compare English words (“angry conversation”)).

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *breitrā *breitrai *breitrās
vocative *breitrā *breitrai *breitrās
accusative *breitram *breitrai *breitrāns
genitive *breitrās *breitrous *breitrom
dative *breitrāi *breitrābom *breitrābos
locative *breitrai *? *?
instrumental *? *breitrābim *breitrābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *bruɨdr
    • Middle Welsh: brwydyr
  • Old Irish: bríathar (“word”)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brētrā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 77
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