Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰerǵʰ-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰergʰ-

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

*bʰerǵʰ- (perfective)^[1]^[2]^[3]

to rise up, ascend
to be elevated, up high

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerǵʰ- (57 c, 0 e)

*sperǵʰ- (with s-mobile)^[4]
*bʰérǵʰ-e-ti (thematic root present)
- Proto-Tocharian: *pärkatäre (“to rise, come up”)^[5]
  - Tocharian A: pärkatäre
  - Tocharian B: pärkatäre
*bʰérǵʰ-t ~ *bʰr̥ǵʰ-ént (root aorist)^[5]^[6]
*bʰe-bʰórǵʰ-e ~ *bʰe-bʰr̥ǵʰ-ḗr (reduplicated perfect)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰabʰárȷ́ʰa
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *babʰárźʰa
    - Sanskrit: बबृहाण (babṛhāṇá, med.part.)
*bʰorǵʰ-éye-ti (eye-causative)^[7]
- Proto-Celtic: *borgīti
  - Proto-Brythonic: *burɣid
    - Middle Welsh: bwrw
      - Welsh: bwrw
  - Old Irish: ·díbairg (prototonic stem of the unrelated do·bidci)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰarȷ́ʰáyati (see there for further descendants)
*bʰr̥ǵʰ-yé-ti (ye-present)^[6]
- Proto-Anatolian:
  - Hittite: 𒈦𒆠𒄿𒀀𒊍𒍣 (pár-ki-ya-az-zi /⁠parkiyazi⁠/, “to ascend”)
*bʰr̥-né-ǵʰ-ti ~ *bʰr̥-n-ǵʰ-énti (nasal-infix present)
- Proto-Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: բառնամ (baṙnam)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰr̥nȷ́ʰáti
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bʰr̥nźʰáti
    - Sanskrit: बृंहति (bṛṃháti)
*bʰérǵʰ-mn̥ ~ *bʰr̥ǵʰ-mén-s
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰárȷ́ʰma
  - Proto-Iranian: *bárjman
    - Avestan: 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬨 (bar^əzimanąm, gen.pl.)^[7]
*bʰérǵʰ-ont-s ~ *bʰr̥ǵʰ-n̥t-és^[8]
*bʰérǵʰ-o-s^[1]^[8]
*bʰérǵʰ-ō ~ *bʰr̥ǵʰ-n-és
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰr̥ȷ́ʰnás
  - Proto-Iranian: *br̥jnáh
    - Avestan: 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬱𐬥𐬀 (bar^əšna, inst.m.sg.)
    - Old Persian: 𐎲𐎼𐏁𐎴𐎠 (b-r-š-n-a /⁠baršnā⁠/, inst.m.sg.)
      - Middle Persian:
        Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫢𐫗 (bšn /⁠bašn⁠/)
        
        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bšn /⁠bašn⁠/)
*bʰérǵʰ-s ~ *bʰr̥ǵʰ-és
*bʰérǵʰ-ti-s ~ *bʰr̥ǵʰ-téy-s
- Proto-Italic: *forktis^[9]
  - Old Latin: forctis
    - Latin: fortis
*bʰérǵʰ-tu-s ~ *bʰr̥ǵʰ-téw-s
- >? Proto-Celtic: *brixtus (“magical formula, incantation”)^[10]
*bʰérǵʰ-u-s ~ *bʰr̥ǵʰ-éws^[6]^[1]^[8]
*bʰr̥ǵʰ-ró-s^[11]
- Proto-Tocharian: *pärkäre (“long”)^[11]
  - Tocharian A: pärkär
  - Tocharian B: pärkare

Unsorted formations

>? Sanskrit: ब्रह्मन् (bráhman) (or related to Old Norse bragr (“poetry”))

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bhereg̑h-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 140-141
^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰerg̑ʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 78-79
^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*bʰerg̑ʰ-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 30-34
^ Hackstein, Olav (2023) “When words coalesce II: Preverb incorporation in Indo-European”, in Indo-European Linguistics‎^[1], volume 11, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 21
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “pärk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 399
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “parkii̯e/a-ᶻⁱ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 736-737
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*barz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 12-13
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*burg-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fortis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brixtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “pärkäre*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 399

[IEW-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bhereg̑h-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 140-141

[2] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰerg̑ʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 78-79

[3] Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*bʰerg̑ʰ-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 30-34

[4] Hackstein, Olav (2023) “When words coalesce II: Preverb incorporation in Indo-European”, in Indo-European Linguistics‎^[1], volume 11, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 21

[Adams-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “pärk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 399

[Kloekhorst-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “parkii̯e/a-ᶻⁱ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 736-737

[Cheung-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*barz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 12-13

[EDPG_burg-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*burg-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85

[9] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fortis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236

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

[Adams2013-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “pärkäre*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 399

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