Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰréh₁wr̥

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰréh₁wr̥

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

Etymology

Probably from earlier metathesized form of *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew”) +‎ *-r̥ (r/n-stem suffix). Compare *péh₂wr̥, *snéh₁wr̥.

Noun

*bʰréh₁wr̥ n[1]

1. well, spring, source

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular	collective
nominative	*bʰréh₁wr̥	*bʰréh₁wōr
genitive	*bʰr̥h₁wéns	*bʰr̥h₁unés
	singular	dual	plural	collective
nominative	*bʰréh₁wr̥	—	—	*bʰréh₁wōr
vocative	*bʰréh₁wr̥	—	—	*bʰréh₁wōr
accusative	*bʰréh₁wr̥	—	—	*bʰréh₁wōr
genitive	*bʰr̥h₁wéns	—	—	*bʰr̥h₁unés
ablative	*bʰr̥h₁wéns	—	—	*bʰr̥h₁unés
dative	*bʰr̥h₁wéney	—	—	*bʰr̥h₁unéy
locative	*bʰr̥h₁wén, *bʰr̥h₁wéni	—	—	*bʰr̥h₁wén, *bʰr̥h₁wéni
instrumental	*bʰr̥h₁wénh₁	—	—	*bʰr̥h₁unéh₁

Descendants

• Proto-Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: աղբիւր (ałbiwr), աղբեւր (ałbewr), աղբեր (ałber)
    • Armenian: աղբյուր (ałbyur)
• Proto-Germanic: *brunnô (see there for further descendants)[2]
• Proto-Hellenic: *pʰrḗwər[3]
  • Ancient Greek: φρέᾱρ (phréār) (< with quantitative metathesis)

    Ancient Greek: φρεῖᾰρ (phreîar)

• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰŕ̥Hwa
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bʰŕ̥Hwa
    • Sanskrit: भुर्वन् (bhúrvan)

References

1. Klimp, Jenne (2013). “Remnants of *r/n-Stem Heteroclite Inflection in Germanic”. Unpublished manuscript, University of Groningen. pp. 119ff.
2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*brunna(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
3. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φρέαρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1590