Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰreyH-

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

*bʰreyH-[1][2][3][4]

to cut

Derived terms

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

*bʰriH-yé-ti (yé-present)[5]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *brīˀtei
  - Proto-Slavic: *brìti (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *brē-, *brī-
  - Old Irish: ·bria
*bʰri-né-H-ti ~ *bʰriH-né-n-ti (nasal-infix present)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰriHnáHti, *bʰriHnánti
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bʰriHnáHti, *bʰriHnánti
    - Sanskrit: बृणाति (bhrīṇā́ti), भ्रीणन्ति (bhrīṇánti)
  - Proto-Iranian: *briHnáHti, *briHnánti
    - Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬠𐬭𐬍𐬥𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬈‎ (paⁱribrīnəṇte, 3pl.pres.med.)
    - Old Persian:
      - Manichaean Middle Persian: 𐫁𐫡𐫏𐫗𐫏𐫅‎ (brynyd, 3sg.pres.ind.)
      - Parthian: 𐫁𐫡𐫏𐫗𐫏𐫗𐫅‎ (brynynd, 3pl.pres.ind.)
*bʰriH-nos
- (possibly) Germanic: *brīnaz, *brīnijaz
  - Old English: brīne, brȳne
    - Middle English: brine, bryne
      - Scots: brime
      - English: brine
  - Old Dutch: *brīni
    - Middle Dutch: brine
      - Dutch: brijn
        West Flemish: brijne
  - Old Frisian: brein
    - West Frisian: brein
*bʰriH-o-s
- Proto-Italic: *frios → *friāō
  - Latin: friō
*bʰriH-wo-s
- Proto-Italic: *frīwos
  - Latin: (re)frīvus
Unsorted formations:
- Phrygian: βρειτ (breit)
- Proto-Albanian: *brin(i)[6]
  - Albanian: brij

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bʰrēi̯-, bʰrī̆-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 166-167
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰrei̯H-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 92-93
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “friō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 243-244
Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*braiH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 22-23
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*brìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 63
Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 108

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bʰrēi̯-, bʰrī̆-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 166-167

[2] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰrei̯H-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 92-93

[3] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “friō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 243-244

[4] Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*braiH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 22-23

[5] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*brìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 63

[6] Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 108