Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brassos

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 *gʷrod-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷred-. Cognate with Latin grossus (“fat”).^[1]

Adjective

*brassos^[1]

great, violent

Declension

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brassos	*brassou	*brassoi
vocative	*brasse	*brassou	*brassoi
accusative	*brassom	*brassou	*brassoms
genitive	*brassī	*brassous	*brassom
dative	*brassūi	*brassobom	*brassobos
instrumental	*brassū	*brassobim	*brassobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brassā	*brassai	*brassās
vocative	*brassā	*brassai	*brassās
accusative	*brassam	*brassai	*brassams
genitive	*brassās	*brassous	*brassom
dative	*brassai	*brassābom	*brassābos
instrumental	*?	*brassābim	*brassābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brassom	*brassou	*brassā
vocative	*brassom	*brassou	*brassā
accusative	*brassom	*brassou	*brassā
genitive	*brassī	*brassous	*brassom
dative	*brassūi	*brassobom	*brassobos
instrumental	*brassū	*brassobim	*brassobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brassyūs	*?	*brassyoses
vocative	*brassyūs	*?	*brassyoses
accusative	*brassyosam	*?	*brassyosams
genitive	*brassisos	*?	*brassisom
dative	*brassisei	*?	*brassisbos
instrumental	*brassisī	*?	*brassisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brassyūs	*?	*brassyoses
vocative	*brassyūs	*?	*brassyoses
accusative	*brassyosam	*?	*brassyosams
genitive	*brassisos	*?	*brassisom
dative	*brassisei	*?	*brassisbos
instrumental	*brassisī	*?	*brassisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brassis	*?	*?
vocative	*brassis	*?	*?
accusative	*brassis	*?	*?
genitive	*brassisos	*?	*brassisom
dative	*brassisei	*?	*brassisbos
instrumental	*brassisī	*?	*brassisbis

Descendants

Brythonic:
- Cornish: bras, brâs, broas
- Middle Welsh: bras
  - Welsh: bras
- Middle Breton: braz, bras
Goidelic:
- Old Irish: bras^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brasso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 74
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bras”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[Matasovic-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brasso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 74

[DIL-2] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bras”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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