Reconstruction:Latin/bragio

This Latin 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.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *bragyu, from Proto-Celtic *bragyeti (“to flatulate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbrajo/

Verb

*bragiō (present infinitive *bragiāre, perfect active *bragiāvī, supine *bragiātum); first conjugation (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

bray, make animal noises
cry, weep

Derived terms

*bragitō

Descendants

Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: brère
- Old French: braire, braer, brere
  - Middle French: braire, brere, brayre
    - French: braire
  - → Middle English: brayen, brai, bray, braye
    - English: bray
    - Middle Scots: bray
Occitano-Romance:
- Old Occitan: braire
  - → Old Catalan: braire, brayre
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *bragitō
- Italo-Romance:
  - Italian: sbraitare (ex- + *bragitō)
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
  - Gallo: breté
  - Middle French: brester
  - Poitevin-Saintongeais: breté
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
  - Old Catalan: braidar

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