Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰredʰ-

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

Likely of late, regional origin, given the limited distribution, unless the Old Irish descendant is valid.

Root

*bʰredʰ-^[1]

to wade

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰredʰ- (7 c, 0 e)

*bʰrédʰ-e-ti
- Proto-Albanian: *breda
  - Proto-Albanian: *bredza
    - Albanian: bredh
*bʰrédʰ-ti ~ bʰr̥dʰ-énti (root present)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *bréstei
  - Latvian: brist
  - Lithuanian: bri̇̀sti
  - Proto-Slavic: *brestì (see there for further descendants)
*bʰrodʰ-éye-ti (causative)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *brádīˀtei (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *brodīti^[2]
  - ⇒? Old Irish: fris·brudi (“to refuse”)
*bʰrodʰ-o-s
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *brádas (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  - Proto-Slavic: *brьdnǫti
    - West Slavic:
      - Czech: břednout
      - Polish: brnąć

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*bʰredʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 91
^ Le Mair, Esther (30 September 2011) Secondary Verbs in Old Irish: A comparative-historical study of patterns of verbal derivation in the Old Irish Glosses, Galway: National University of Ireland, page 216

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*bʰredʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 91

[2] Le Mair, Esther (30 September 2011) Secondary Verbs in Old Irish: A comparative-historical study of patterns of verbal derivation in the Old Irish Glosses, Galway: National University of Ireland, page 216

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