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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/braxsman

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 *brag-, a root also seen in *bragyeti (“to fart”), suffixed with *-sman (verbal noun suffix).

Noun

*braxsman n[1]

  1. fart

Inflection
Neuter n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *braxsman *braxsmane? *braxsmana
vocative *braxsman *braxsmane? *braxsmana
accusative *braxsman *braxsmane? *braxsmana
genitive *braxsmens *braxsmenous? *braxsmenom
dative *braxsmenē *braxsmembom *braxsmembos
locative *braxsmen(i) *? *?
instrumental *braxsmenē *braxsmembim *braxsmembis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *bramm
    • Middle Breton: bramm
      • Breton: bramm
    • Middle Cornish: bram
      • Cornish: bramm, brabm
    • Middle Welsh: bram
  • Middle Irish: broimm
    • Irish: broim
    • Manx: breim
    • Scottish Gaelic: bram

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*braxsman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 75
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