Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰrews-

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

*bʰrews-[1][2]

to break

Derived terms

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

*bʰrus-é-ti (zero-grade thematic root present)
- Proto-Celtic: *bruseti (see there for further descendants)
*bʰrows-éye-ti (causative)
- Proto-Germanic: *brausijaną (see there for further descendants)[3]
*bʰrus-tó-s (“broken”)[4]
- Proto-Italic: *frustom (“piece broken off”)
  - Latin: frustum
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Albanian: *brauša
  - Albanian: breshër
- Proto-Celtic: *brusnati (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *brustniyos[5]
  - Old Irish: brosnae (“bundle of firewood”)
- Proto-Germanic: *breustą (see there for further descendants)[6]
- Proto-Germanic: *brusts (see there for further descendants)[3]

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 97
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), “BRUST-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “Frustum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “Brustniyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “BREUSTA-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 97

[2] 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-3] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “BRUST-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[4] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “Frustum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[5] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “Brustniyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

[6] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “BREUSTA-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN