Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brāwū

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 *gʷréh₂wō (“quern, millstone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”).^[1]

Noun

*brāwū f^[1]^[2]

quern, millstone

Declension

Masculine/feminine n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brāwū	*brāwone?	*brāwones
vocative	*brāwū	*brāwone?	*brāwones
accusative	*brāwonam	*brāwone?	*brāwonams
genitive	*brāwonos	*brāwonows?	*brāwonom
dative	*brāwonei	*brāwombom	*brāwombos
locative	*brāwon(i)	*?	*?
instrumental	*brāwonei	*brāwombim	*brāwombis

Alternative reconstructions

*brawū^[3]

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *brọw sg, *brọwan pl
- Middle Breton: brou, breau, breo
  - Breton: brev
- Old Cornish: brou
  - Cornish: brou
- Middle Welsh: breuan, brewan
  - Welsh: breuan
- → Latin: Brovonacis, Braboniaco
Old Irish: brao, bráu, broo
- Middle Irish: bró
  - Irish: bró
  - Scottish Gaelic: brà
Gaulish: *brawon
- → Ancient Greek: Βραῦον (Braûon)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 96
^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 94
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brawon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 75

[Zair-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 96

[2] Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 94

[3] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brawon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 75

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