Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰers-

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

    *bʰers-[1]

    1. top, tip, point

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰers- (19 c, 0 e)
    • *bʰars-[2] ~ *bʰors- ~ *bʰor-es- (spike, prickle) (possibly)
      • Albanian: bar (grass)
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *buras (< *bʰr̥-(e)s-)
        • Proto-Slavic: *bъrъ (foxtail millet) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Celtic: *bargos, *barginā (cake, bread)
      • Proto-Germanic: *baraz (spiky leaves, needles of the fir or pine; awn; barley)[3] (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Italic: *fars (see there for further descendants)
    • *bʰr̥s-ko-s or *bʰr̥s-ḱo-s
      • >? Proto-Germanic: *bruskaz (tuft; thicket) (or from *bʰrus-go-?)[4] (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Hellenic: *pʰərskos
        • >? Ancient Greek: *φαρσκος (*pharskos)[5]
          • Ancient Greek: φάσκος (pháskos, tufts of moss)
    • *bʰr̥s-t-yós
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *burštjás
        • Proto-Slavic: *bъ̃rščь (hogweed) (see there for further descendants)
    • *bʰr̥s-ó-s[1][6]
      • Proto-Celtic: *barros (top, point)[1][5] (see there for further descendants)
    • *bʰérs-ti-s ~ *bʰr̥s-tí-s[6]
      • Proto-Germanic: *burstiz (bristle) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰr̥štíš
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bʰr̥ṣṭíṣ
        • Proto-Iranian: *br̥štíš
          • Avestan: 𐬬𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎-𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬱𐬙- (vouru-barəšt-, northwest side of the earth)
      • Proto-Italic: *farstjagjom[6]
        • Latin: fastīgium (sharp point) (see there for further descendants)
    • *bʰors-i(H)n- ~ *bʰars-i(H)n-[7]
      • *bʰors-in-óm ~ *bʰars-in-óm n
        • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *baršina (see there for further descendants)
      • *bʰors-iHn-eh₂ ~ *bʰars-iHn-eh₂ f
        • Proto-Italic: *farsīnā
          • Latin: farīna (flour) (< *farrina)
    • *bʰórs-o-s[8]
      • Proto-Germanic: *barsaz (pike, bass) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Germanic: *barskaz[5]
        • Old Saxon: *barsk
    • Unsorted formations:
      • Lithuanian: brū̃sgai m pl (underbrush)
    Compounds
    • *bʰers-dʰh₁eti
      • *bʰros-dʰ(h₁)-o-[9] (with vowel metathesis)
        • Proto-Celtic: *brazdos
          • Old Irish: brot (goad) (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Germanic: *brazdaz, *brazdą (edge, brim)
          • Proto-West Germanic: *braʀd m
            • Old English: breard (brim, margin)
            • Old High German: brart (edge)
              • Middle High German: brart (edge; board)
          • Old Norse: *bradd
            • Elfdalian: bradd m (edge)
            • Icelandic: bradd n (edge)
            • Norwegian: bradd n (shore, side)
        • Proto-Germanic: *bruzdaz (point, spike, thorn)[10] (see there for further descendants)

    References