Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/brínktei
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Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk- (“to swell”).[1] Cognate with Lithuanian brankà (“swelling”), as well as Old Norse bringa (“chest”), branga (“clamp”).[2]
Verb
*brínktei
- to swell
Descendants
- East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: brìnkti
- Proto-Slavic: *brę̀knǫti (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “brinkti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 100-1
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “branka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98