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An onomastic element ''birr''- appears in Ogam | An onomastic element ''birr''- appears in Ogam {{bib|CIIC}} 131 {{tr|og|litubiri}} and in Gaulish in simplex names like ''birrus'', ''birrius'', ''birro'' ({{bib|TLG}}: 28, {{bib|Lambert 1994}}: 188, {{bib|DLG}}: 76, {{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 213 et passim). They are thought to be connected with OIr. ''berr'', MW ''byrr'', OBret. ''berr'', Co. ''ber'' 'short', Gallo-Lat. ''birrus'' 'capelet with hood' ({{bib|FEW}} A–B: 376, {{bib|Thurneysen 1916}}: 82) < PC *''birro''- ({{bib|Matasović 2009}} s.v., {{bib|LEIA}}: B-42; no IE etymology). | ||
Under this headword, Delamarre {{bib|DLG}}: 76 also lists names in ''birak''- (''biracos'', ''biracillus'', ''biracatus'', G-257 {{tr|gr|βιρακοτουτι[}}, ''biracideginus'', etc., {{bib|KGP}} I: 149, {{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 42, 213); the association goes back to De Jubainville (in {{bib|AcS}} I: 423), who makes the connection via a variant (nomen) ''birius'' ({{bib|TLL}} s.v.), but this is uncertain considering consistent simple /{{p||r}}/ in the ''birak''-names as well as the suffix {{m||-āk-}} itself, which usually forms derivations from substantives (cf. {{bib|GPN}}: 311–313, {{bib|Lochner von Hüttenbach 1989}}: 31). Cf., however, {{bib|De Bernardo Stempel 2010}}: 79, who explains simple /r/ through degemination before stressed vowels (''bírrus'' vs. ''birákos''). | |||
<p style="text-align:right;>[[User:David Stifter|David Stifter]], [[User:Corinna Salomon|Corinna Salomon]]</p> | <p style="text-align:right;>[[User:David Stifter|David Stifter]], [[User:Corinna Salomon|Corinna Salomon]]</p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:30, 23 January 2024
| Type: | lexical |
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| Meaning: | 'short' (?) |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Phonemic analysis: | /birr/- and/or /bir/- |
| From Proto-Celtic: | *birr- 'short' (?) |
| Attestation: | piraki, pirakos, pirauiχeś, piretos, pireuos, piriχio |
Commentary
An onomastic element birr- appears in Ogam CIIC 131 litubiri and in Gaulish in simplex names like birrus, birrius, birro (TLG: 28, Lambert 1994: 188, DLG: 76, Delamarre 2007: 213 et passim). They are thought to be connected with OIr. berr, MW byrr, OBret. berr, Co. ber 'short', Gallo-Lat. birrus 'capelet with hood' (FEW A–B: 376, Thurneysen 1916: 82) < PC *birro- (Matasović 2009 s.v., LEIA: B-42; no IE etymology).
Under this headword, Delamarre DLG: 76 also lists names in birak- (biracos, biracillus, biracatus, G-257 βιρακοτουτι[, biracideginus, etc., KGP I: 149, Delamarre 2007: 42, 213); the association goes back to De Jubainville (in AcS I: 423), who makes the connection via a variant (nomen) birius (TLL s.v.), but this is uncertain considering consistent simple /r/ in the birak-names as well as the suffix -āk- itself, which usually forms derivations from substantives (cf. GPN: 311–313, Lochner von Hüttenbach 1989: 31). Cf., however, De Bernardo Stempel 2010: 79, who explains simple /r/ through degemination before stressed vowels (bírrus vs. birákos).
David Stifter, Corinna Salomon
Bibliography
| AcS | Alfred Holder, Alt-celtischer Sprachschatz, Leipzig: Teubner 1896–1907. |
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| CIIC | R[obert] A[lexander] S[tewart] Macalister, Corpus inscriptionum insularum Celticarum, Dublin: Stationery Office 1945–1949. |
| De Bernardo Stempel 2010 | Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel, "Die Geminaten des Festlandkeltischen", in: Karin Stüber, Thomas Zehnder, Dieter Bachmann (eds), Akten des 5. Deutschsprachigen Keltologensymposiums. Zürich, 7.–10. September 2009 [= Keltische Forschungen. Allgemeine Reihe 1], Wien: Praesens Verlag 2010, 65–87. |
| Delamarre 2007 | Xavier Delamarre, Noms de personnes celtiques dans l'épigraphie classique. Nomina Celtica Antiqua Selecta Inscriptionum, Paris: Errance 2007. |
| DLG | Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise. Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, 2nd, revised edition, Paris: Errance 2003. |
| FEW | Walther von Wartburg, Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, Bâle: 1922–2002. |
