Where does “brí” come from?

brí (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic brixs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ- — to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain.

brí (Old Irish): hill

Definitions

  1. hill

Ancestry of “brí”, step by step

brí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic brixs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticbrixshill
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰerǵʰ-to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain

via Celtic *brixs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Celtic*brixs—

Words derived from “brí”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic brixs →