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”).[1]

Noun

*brestā f

fight

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brestā	*brestai	*brestās
vocative	*brestā	*brestai	*brestās
accusative	*brestam	*brestai	*brestāms
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”)

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 76-77

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[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 76-77