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-

to smell, to have a strong odour

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰreHg-

*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]
- Proto-Celtic: *braxsman
  - Brythonic:
    - Middle Breton: bramm
    - Cornish: bram
    - Middle Welsh: bram
  - Old Irish: broim
*bʰr̥Hg-nó-s[4][1]
- Proto-Celtic: *bragnos
  - Proto-Brythonic: *braɨn
    - Middle Breton: brein
      - Breton: brein
    - Middle Welsh: braen
  - Middle Irish: brén
  - Hispano-Celtic:
    - Galician: braña
*bʰr̥Hg-ró-s[5]
- Proto-Italic: *fragros → *fragrāō
  - Latin: fragrō
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

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
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*brag-(y)o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 73
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*braxsman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 75
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*bragno-, *bragni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 73
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

[Kroonen-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