Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰébʰrus
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This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
Possibly from *bʰerH- (“brown”) via a reduplicated form *bʰebʰr(H)-, although Ringe (2006:106) doubts that such a word existed.
Noun
*bʰébʰrus (oblique stem *bʰébʰr-)
Inflection
| Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *bʰébʰrus | ||
| genitive | *bʰebʰréws | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *bʰébʰrus | *bʰébʰruh₁(e) | *bʰébʰrewes |
| vocative | *bʰébʰru | *bʰébʰruh₁(e) | *bʰébʰrewes |
| accusative | *bʰébʰrum | *bʰébʰruh₁(e) | *bʰébʰrums |
| genitive | *bʰebʰréws | *? | *bʰebʰréwoHom |
| ablative | *bʰebʰréws | *? | *bʰebʰrúmos |
| dative | *bʰebʰréwey | *? | *bʰebʰrúmos |
| locative | *bʰebʰréw, *bʰebʰréwi | *? | *bʰebʰrúsu |
| instrumental | *bʰebʰrúh₁ | *? | *bʰebʰrúmis |
Descendants
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *bébrus (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *bebrus
- Proto-Germanic: *bebruz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰábʰruš (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *febros
- Latin: fiber
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “bebru-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 59
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 153
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Donald A. Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (2006), Linguistic history of English, vol. 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press →ISBN