Reconstruction:Gaulish/briga
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Gaulish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *brigā (“hill”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brigā f
Usage notes[edit]
Found in toponyms as the suffix -briga, and as the base of the ethnonym Brigantes.
Declension[edit]
declension of Gaulish/briga (Transalpine)
Descendants[edit]
Place names attested in Latin:
- French: Brie
- →⇒ Latin: Eburobriga
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brig-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77-78