Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mregʰ-

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

Root

*mregʰ-^[1]^[2]

brain

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mregʰ- (2 c, 0 e)

*mrégʰ-mn̥ ~ *mr̥gʰ-mén-s
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: βρέχμα (brékhma)
*mregʰ-mó-s
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: βρεχμός (brekhmós)
*mrogʰ-no-m
- Proto-Germanic: *bragną (see there for further descendants)
*móst-mr̥gʰ-on- (possibly)^[3]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mastr̥gʰā́n
  - Sanskrit: मस्तृहन् (mastṛhan)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2021 April 22) “Indo-Iranian *mastr̥ghan- / *mastr̥ǰhan- ‘Brain, Skull’ and its Etymology”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 25, number 1, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 66–73

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[2] Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[3] Lubotsky, Alexander (2021 April 22) “Indo-Iranian *mastr̥ghan- / *mastr̥ǰhan- ‘Brain, Skull’ and its Etymology”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 25, number 1, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 66–73

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mregʰ-

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