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gonàtx.
to run museums
gonòrtx. museum (building, site)
Etymology
ModLem pry‑gonàtx., reanalysis of
ModLem prigonàtx.
< NLem prigounts‑a ‘fine art’
< Besk prigåunts ‘the High One (Goddess of art)’
< PCelt *brigant‑ī
< PIE *bʰr̥g̑ʰént‑ih₂, feminine of
PIE *bʰérg̑ʰ‑ont‑s ‘high’, nt-stem adjective of
PIE *bʰerg̑ʰ‑ ‘rise’
The motivation for the reanalysis of pri- ~ pry- as the temporal/spatial verb prÌ. ‘front’ is not quite clear.
doublet of bvyrgcà.
Cognates
Eng Brigid (via Ir Brighid)