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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brusnyos

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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

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Etymology

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Likely from *brusū (belly, breast), with pre-form *bʰrus-n-yo-s.[1]

Noun

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*brusnyos m

  1. breast
  2. hill

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *brusnyos *brusnyou *brusnyoi
vocative *brusnye *brusnyou *brusnyoi
accusative *brusnyom *brusnyou *brusnyoms
genitive *brusnyī *brusnyous *brusnyom
dative *brusnyūi *brusnyobom *brusnyobos
locative *brusnyei *? *?
instrumental *brusnyū *brusnyobim *brusnyūis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *brünn
  • Old Irish: bruinne (breast)
  • Proto-Germanic: *brunjǭ (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*brunjōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80:OIr. bruinne m. 'breast' < *bʰrus-n-io-, for which see *breusta-