Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brikkos

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 *perḱ- (“motley, colored, spotted”).

Adjective

*brikkos

1. speckled, spotted

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brikkos	*brikkou	*brikkoi
vocative	*brikke	*brikkou	*brikkoi
accusative	*brikkom	*brikkou	*brikkons
genitive	*brikkī	*brikkous	*brikkom
dative	*brikkūi	*brikkobom	*brikkobos
instrumental	*brikkū	*brikkobim	*brikkobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brikkā	*brikkai	*brikkās
vocative	*brikkā	*brikkai	*brikkās
accusative	*brikkam	*brikkai	*brikkans
genitive	*brikkās	*brikkous	*brikkom
dative	*brikkai	*brikkābom	*brikkābos
instrumental	*?	*brikkābim	*brikkābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brikkom	*brikkou	*brikkā
vocative	*brikkom	*brikkou	*brikkā
accusative	*brikkom	*brikkou	*brikkā
genitive	*brikkī	*brikkous	*brikkom
dative	*brikkūi	*brikkobom	*brikkobos
instrumental	*brikkū	*brikkobim	*brikkobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brikkyūs	*?	*brikkyoses
vocative	*brikkyūs	*?	*brikkyoses
accusative	*brikkyosam	*?	*brikkyosans
genitive	*brikkisos	*?	*brikkisom
dative	*brikkisei	*?	*brikkisbos
instrumental	*brikkisī	*?	*brikkisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brikkyūs	*?	*brikkyoses
vocative	*brikkyūs	*?	*brikkyoses
accusative	*brikkyosam	*?	*brikkyosans
genitive	*brikkisos	*?	*brikkisom
dative	*brikkisei	*?	*brikkisbos
instrumental	*brikkisī	*?	*brikkisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brikkis	*?	*?
vocative	*brikkis	*?	*?
accusative	*brikkis	*?	*?
genitive	*brikkisos	*?	*brikkisom
dative	*brikkisei	*?	*brikkisbos
instrumental	*brikkisī	*?	*brikkisbis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *brɨx
  • Breton: brec'h (“variola”)
  • Cornish: brygh
  • Middle Welsh: brych
    • Welsh: brych
• Old Irish: brecc
  • Irish: breac
  • Manx: breck
  • Scottish Gaelic: breac
• Gaulish: *brikkos, *Brikkos
  • Latin: briccus, Briccus
    • French: brèche (Poitevin)