Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/brū́ˀs

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

    Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs.

    Noun

    *brū́ˀs f[1][2][3]

    1. eyebrow

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Lithuanian: bruvi̇̀s (dialectal), brùvė
    • Proto-Slavic: *bry (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bry”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 66:*bruʔs
    3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “bruvis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 103:*bruʔs