bressol

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Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin berciolum diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (“to carry”).[1]

Compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”). Cognate with French berceau.

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Noun[edit]

bressol m (plural bressols)

  1. cradle

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “ber-o”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62

Further reading[edit]

  • “bressol” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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