Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brixtā

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ- (“enlighten”); compare Proto-Celtic *berxtos (“beautiful, bright”).

Noun

*brixtā f

1. spell, magical formula, incantation

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brixtā	*brixtai	*brixtās
vocative	*brixtā	*brixtai	*brixtās
accusative	*brixtam	*brixtai	*brixtāms
genitive	*brixtās	*brixtous	*brixtom
dative	*brixtāi	*brixtābom	*brixtābos
locative	*brixtai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*brixtābim	*brixtābis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *briθ
  • Old Breton: brith
  • Middle Welsh: brythron (“magic wand”), lledfrith (“delusion, illusion”) (in compounds)
    • Welsh: lledrith
• Old Irish: bricht
  • Middle Irish: bricht
    • Irish: briocht
• Gaulish: brixtia
• Celtiberian: *bruxtia
  • → Spanish: bruja
  • → Galician: bruxa
  • → Portuguese: bruxa
  • → Catalan: bruixa
  • → Occitan: bruèissa