Reconstruction:Thracian/bria

This Thracian 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.

Thracian

Etymology

Most likely cognate with Tocharian A ri (“city”), Tocharian B rīye (“city”), based on which - probably reflecting Proto-Indo-European *wrih₁-yeh₂.

Noun

*bria

  1. settlement, town

Descendants

  • → Ancient Greek: βρία (bría)

References

  • Duridanov, Ivan (1969) Georgiev, V. I., editor, Thrakisch-dakische Studien, I: Die thrakisch- und dakisch-baltischen Sprachbeziehungen (Linguistique Balkanique; XIII, 2)‎[1] (in German), number 2, Sofia: Verlag der Bulgarischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 14

Further reading

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “rīye”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 582
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