Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/briskos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Uncertain, but Matasović denies any relationship to Old Irish brisid (“to break”).[1]
Adjective
*briskos
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *briskos | *briskou | *briskoi |
| vocative | *briske | *briskou | *briskoi |
| accusative | *briskom | *briskou | *briskons |
| genitive | *briskī | *briskous | *briskom |
| dative | *briskūi | *briskobom | *briskobos |
| instrumental | *briskū | *briskobim | *briskobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *briskā | *briskai | *briskās |
| vocative | *briskā | *briskai | *briskās |
| accusative | *briskam | *briskai | *briskans |
| genitive | *briskās | *briskous | *briskom |
| dative | *briskai | *briskābom | *briskābos |
| instrumental | *? | *briskābim | *briskābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *briskom | *briskou | *briskā |
| vocative | *briskom | *briskou | *briskā |
| accusative | *briskom | *briskou | *briskā |
| genitive | *briskī | *briskous | *briskom |
| dative | *briskūi | *briskobom | *briskobos |
| instrumental | *briskū | *briskobim | *briskobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *briskyūs | *? | *briskyoses |
| vocative | *briskyūs | *? | *briskyoses |
| accusative | *briskyosam | *? | *briskyosans |
| genitive | *briskisos | *? | *briskisom |
| dative | *briskisei | *? | *briskisbos |
| instrumental | *briskisī | *? | *briskisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *briskyūs | *? | *briskyoses |
| vocative | *briskyūs | *? | *briskyoses |
| accusative | *briskyosam | *? | *briskyosans |
| genitive | *briskisos | *? | *briskisom |
| dative | *briskisei | *? | *briskisbos |
| instrumental | *briskisī | *? | *briskisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *briskis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *briskis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *briskis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *briskisos | *? | *briskisom |
| dative | *briskisei | *? | *briskisbos |
| instrumental | *briskisī | *? | *briskisbis |
Reconstruction notes
- The failure of the *i to lower to e in Middle Irish is a mystery.
- Deshayes's reconstruction *breskos[2] cannot yield the Goidelic forms whatsoever.
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brisko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 78
- ^ Deshayes, Albert (2003) “Bresk”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (in French), Douarnenez: Le Chasse-Marée, →ISBN, page 135