Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰrewh₁-

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

Alternative reconstructions

*bʰrew-^[1]
*bʰerw-^[2] (this root structure is probably not possible^[3])

Etymology

Extension of *bʰer- (“to boil”).^[4]

Root

*bʰrewh₁-^[1]^[5]^[6]

to boil
to brew

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰrewh₁- (35 c, 0 e)

*bʰrewh₁-e- (thematic present)
- Proto-Germanic: *brewwaną (“to brew”) (see there for further descendants)
*bʰrowh₁- (o-grade)
- Proto-Albanian: *brāu
  - Albanian: mbruaj
*bʰrenw- (nasal infix present)
- >? Proto-Germanic: *brinnaną (see there for further descendants)
*bʰréh₁wr̥
*bʰrowh₁-tó-
- >? Proto-Germanic: *braudą (“bread”) (see there for further descendants)
*bʰru(h₁)-to-
- Thracian: *brutas (in the masculine)
  - → Ancient Greek: βρῦτος (brûtos)
- Proto-Celtic: *brutom (in the neuter)
  - Welsh: brwd
  - Cornish: bros
- Proto-Germanic: *bruþą (“broth”, in the neuter) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *frutom (in the neuter)
  - Latin: dēfrutum, dēfritum
*bʰréwmn̥-^[7]
- Proto-Albanian: *bruma
  - Albanian: brumë
*bʰru-tis
- Proto-Celtic: *brutis
  - Old Irish: bruith (see there for further descendants)
*bʰru-tus
- Proto-Celtic: *brutus
  - Old Irish: bruth
    - Irish: bruth
*bʰerw-ós
- Proto-Celtic: *berwos (see there for further descendants)
*bʰorw-ós
- Proto-Celtic: *borwos
  - Gaulish: Boruo
Unsorted formations
- >? Proto-Albanian: *britśiā
  - Albanian: bërsi
- Ancient Greek: πορφῡ́ρω (porphū́rō, “to heave, boil, surge up”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰeru̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 81
^ Adiego, Iganasi-Xavier, et al. (2022) A little-known law on the root and syllable structure of Proto-Indo-European. Zurück zur Wurzel—Struktur, Funktion und Semantik der Wurzel im Indogermanischen. Akten der 15. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, vom 13. bis 16. September 2016 in Wien: page 3 of 1-14.
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. bher-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 132-133
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brewwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76
^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “brouwen”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[2] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “brumë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 38: “IE”

[De_Vaan_2008-1] 1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[2] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰeru̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 81

[3] Adiego, Iganasi-Xavier, et al. (2022) A little-known law on the root and syllable structure of Proto-Indo-European. Zurück zur Wurzel—Struktur, Funktion und Semantik der Wurzel im Indogermanischen. Akten der 15. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, vom 13. bis 16. September 2016 in Wien: page 3 of 1-14.

[4] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. bher-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 132-133

[5] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brewwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76

[6] Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “brouwen”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[2] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[7] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “brumë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 38: “IE”

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