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Proto-Indo-European
Alternative reconstructions
Root
*bʰreg-
- to break
- Synonyms: *bʰeg-, *Hrewp-, *kelh₂-, *lem-, *lewǵ-
Derived terms
- *bʰreg- (root present)
- Proto-Germanic: *brekaną (see there for further descendants)
- *bʰr̥-né-g-ti ~ *bʰr̥-n-g-énti (nasal-infix present)
- *bʰreg-eh₂
- Unsorted formations:
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN