Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/breɣʷis

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This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus, with declension shift from *u-stem to *i-stem.[1]

    Adjective

    *breɣʷis (comparative *breɣʷjōs, superlative *breɣʷisemos)[1]

    1. short, small
      Antonym: *dlongos

    Declension

    Descendants

    • Latin: brevis (see there for further descendants)
    • >? South Picene: brímeidinais (brief period of time (?))

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “brevis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 75