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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰreHg-

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
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰreHg-‎ (13 c, 0 e)
  • *bʰr̥Hg-yé-ti (yé-present)[2]
    • Proto-Celtic: *bragyeti (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰréHg-ye-ti[1]
    • (possibly) Germanic: *brēkijaną
      • Middle High German: bræhen
  • *bʰréHg-mn̥ ~ *bʰr̥Hg-mén-s[3]
  • *bʰr̥Hg-nó-s[4][1]
  • *bʰr̥Hg-ró-s[5]
    • Proto-Italic: *fragros → *fragrāō
  • 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. 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
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