Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brawū

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

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“quern, millstone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”).[1]

Noun

*brawū f[2]

quern, millstone

Declension

Masculine/feminine n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brawū	*brawone?	*brawones
vocative	*brawū	*brawone?	*brawones
accusative	*brawonam	*brawone?	*brawonams
genitive	*brawonos	*brawonows?	*brawonom
dative	*brawonei	*brawombom	*brawombos
locative	*brawon(i)	*?	*?
instrumental	*brawonei	*brawombim	*brawombis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: brou, breau, breo
  - Breton: brev
- Old Cornish: brou
  - Cornish: brou
- Middle Welsh: breuan, brewan
  - Welsh: breuan
- → Latin: Brovonacis, Braboniaco
Old Irish: brao, bráu, broo
- Middle Irish: bró
  - Irish: bró
  - Scottish Gaelic: brà
Gaulish: *brawon
- → Ancient Greek: Βραῦον (Braûon)

References

Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 96
Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brawon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 75

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[1] Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 96

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brawon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 75