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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brokkos

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

Unknown.[1] Possible cognate with Old High German braccho (“sniffer dog”), for which see Middle English rache.[2]

Noun

*brokkos m

  1. badger

Declension
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *brokkos *brokkou *brokkoi
vocative *brokke *brokkou *brokkūs
accusative *brokkom *brokkou *brokkoms
genitive *brokkī *brokkous *brokkom
dative *brokkūi *brokkobom *brokkobos
locative *brokkei *? *?
instrumental *brokkū *brokkobim *brokkūis

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *brox
    • Middle Breton: broc'h
    • Old Cornish: broch
    • Middle Welsh: broch
  • Primitive Irish: ᚁᚏᚑᚉᚔ (broci, genitive)
  • Gaulish: broco-, *brokkos
    • → Latin: broccus (“buck-teeth”) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old English: brocc, broc

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brokko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2006) “Gemination and Allomorphy in the Proto-Germanic Stems: Bottom and Rime”, in Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik‎, volume 61, number 1, pages 17-25
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