Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brestā

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

Identified by Vendryes and later Matasović as cognate to Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to burst, break”).

Noun

*brestā f

1. fight

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brestā	*brestai	*brestās
vocative	*brestā	*brestai	*brestās
accusative	*brestam	*brestai	*brestāns
genitive	*brestās	*brestous	*brestom
dative	*brestāi	*brestābom	*brestābos
locative	*brestai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*brestābim	*brestābis

Derived terms

• *brestilā
  • Proto-Brythonic: *brestel
    • Middle Breton: brezel, bresel
      • Breton: bresel
    • Cornish: bresel
    • ⇒ Old Welsh: Conbresel
• *brestīti
  • Old Irish: brisid
  • → Old French: brisier (or from Germanic?)
    • French: briser

Descendants

• Middle Irish: bres (“fight, effort”)