Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰreHg-

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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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *bʰreh₂g-

Reconstruction

If Middle High German bræhen from Proto-Germanic *brēkijaną belongs here, then the laryngeal can be reconstructed as *bʰreh₁g-.[1]

Root

*bʰreHg-

  1. to smell, to have a strong odour

Derived terms

  • *bʰr̥Hg-yé-ti (yé-present)[2]
    • Proto-Celtic: *bragyeti (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰréHg-ye-ti[1]
  • *bʰréHg-mn̥ ~ *bʰr̥Hg-mén-s[3]
  • *bʰr̥Hg-nó-s[4][1]
  • *bʰr̥Hg-ró-s[5]
  • Unsorted descendants:
    • (possibly) Proto-Balto-Slavic: *brāˀg-
      • Proto-Slavic: *braga (pre-distilled alcohol mixture, must)
        • Proto-Slavic: *bražiti (to ferment) (causative)
      • Proto-Slavic: *brězgati/*brьzgati (to burst, to get bitter, to decompose) (inchoative)
      • Proto-Slavic: *broščь (madder (Rubia tinctorum))

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brakka(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 73-74
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brag-(y)o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 73
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*braxsman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 75
  4. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bragno-, *bragni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 73
  5. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fragrō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 238