Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brāgants

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 an element *brāg- +‎ *-ants (body part suffix), the root apparently from *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”) but with an unidentified suffix *-gʰ-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *kragô (“throat, neck”) (see English craw). Compare also Latin gurges (“gulf, bay; whirlpool, eddy”), similarly thought to derive from *gʷerh₃-g(ʰ)-, though its relationship to the words for “throat” is less clear.

Noun

*brāgants m

1. neck, throat

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brāgants	*brāgante	*brāgantes
vocative	*brāgants	*brāgante	*brāgantes
accusative	*brāgantam	*brāgante	*brāgantans
genitive	*brāgantos	*brāgantou	*brāgantom
dative	*brāgantei	*brāgantobom	*brāgantobos
locative	*brāganti	—	—
instrumental	*brāgante?	*brāgantobim	*brāgantobis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Breton: brehant
  • Old Cornish: briansen, bryansenn
  • Welsh: breuant
• Old Irish: bráge
  • Middle Irish: brága
    • Irish: brá (“captive, hostage”), bráid (“neck, throat”)
    • Scottish Gaelic: bràigh (“captive, hostage”)