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

Definitions

  1. copse

Ancestry of “bruil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gaulishbrogilos—
2Proto-Celticmrogisborder, borderland, march, mark; region, country,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic mrogis →Every word from Gaulish brogilos →