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On the inflection of ū-stems in Brittonic: Modern Breton bri ‘cliff, bank, edge of a field’ as a cognate of Old Irish brú ‘edge, brink, bank’
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Anders Richardt Jørgensen
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November 25, 2025
Zusammenfassung
Dieser Aufsatz schlägt vor, dass das seltene neubretonische Substantiv bri ‚Klippe, Ufer, Rand eines Feldes‘ die Bewahrung eines ererbten Wortes darstellt, das im übrigen Brittonischen verloren gegangen ist. Eine genaue Entsprechung wird im altirischen brú ‚Rand, Kante, Ufer‘ identifiziert. Beide Wörter gehen letztlich auf das urindogermanische *(h3)bhruH- ‚Augenbraue‘ zurück. Die Tatsache, dass das bretonische Wort anscheinend urkeltisch *brū- fortsetzt, könnte darauf hindeuten, dass das Brittonische eine Dativ-Singular-Form besaß, die altirisch brú vergleichbar war.
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