Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brigantī

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 *bʰr̥ǵʰéntih₂ ~ *bʰr̥ǵʰn̥tyéh₂-, feminine of *bʰérǵʰonts.

Noun

*brigantī f

something high or elevated
an exalted person

Inflection

Feminine ī/yā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brigantī	*brigantī	*brigantiyās
vocative	*brigantī	*brigantī	*brigantiyās
accusative	*brigantīm	*brigantī	*brigantīns
genitive	*brigantyās	*brigantyous	*brigantyom
dative	*brigantyai	*brigantyābom	*brigantyābos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*brigantyābim	*brigantyābis

Derived terms

*Brigantī (name)
*brigantīnos (“chief”)
- Proto-Brythonic: *brɨɣėntin
  - Old Breton: brientin, brientinion
  - Middle Cornish: brentyn, bryntyn
  - Middle Welsh: brenhin
    - Welsh: brenin
  - → Old Irish: Brénainn
    - Irish: Bréanainn
    - → Latin: Brendanus
      - Galician: Brandán
      - → Irish: Breandán
      - → English: Brendan

Descendants

→ Galician: (place name) Bergantiños; ⇒? (from *Brigantica, place names) Breanca, Brántega
→ Portuguese: (place name) Bragança
Proto-Brythonic: *brɨɣėnt
- Old Breton: Brient (personal name)
  - → Middle Irish: Brían
    - Irish: Brian
      - English: Brian, Bryan, Bryon
        → Cebuano: Brian
        → Danish: Brian
        → Faroese: Brian
        → French: Brian
- Old Welsh: bryeint
  - Middle Welsh: breeint
    - Welsh: braint