Where does “bruil” come from?
bruil (Old French) comes from Gaulish brogilos, from Proto-Celtic mrogis, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
bruil (Old French): copse
Ancestry of “bruil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Gaulish | brogilos | — |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | mrogis | border, borderland, march, mark; region, country,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |