Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brixtā

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ- (“enlighten”); compare Proto-Celtic *berxtos (“beautiful, bright”).

Noun

*brixtā f[1]

  1. spell, magical formula, incantation

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *brixtā *brixtai *brixtās
vocative *brixtā *brixtai *brixtās
accusative *brixtam *brixtai *brixtāns
genitive *brixtās *brixtous *brixtom
dative *brixtāi *brixtābom *brixtābos
locative *brixtai *? *?
instrumental *? *brixtābim *brixtābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *briθ
    • Old Breton: brith
    • Middle Welsh: brythron (“magic wand”), lledfrith (“delusion, illusion”) (in compounds)
  • Old Irish: bricht
  • Gaulish: brixtia
  • Celtiberian: *bruxtia

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brixta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 79-80
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