Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bristis

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

Cognate to Latin festīnō (“to hasten”).^[1] An Italic-Celtic isogloss.

Noun

*bristis f

haste, hurry

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bristis	*bristī	*bristīs
vocative	*bristi	*bristī	*bristīs
accusative	*bristim	*bristī	*bristins
genitive	*bristeis	*bristyow	*bristyom
dative	*bristei	*bristibom	*bristibos
locative	*bristei	*?	*?
instrumental	*bristī	*bristibim	*bristibis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *brɨs
- ⇒ Middle Breton: brezec (“swift”)
- Middle Welsh: brys
  - Welsh: brys

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bristi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 79

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bristi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 79

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