Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰréh₁wr̥
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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
Probably from earlier metathesized form of *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew”) + *-r̥ (r/n-stem suffix). Compare *péh₂wr̥, *snéh₁wr̥.
Noun
*bʰréh₁wr̥ n[1]
Inflection
| Athematic, proterokinetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | collective | |||
| nominative | *bʰréh₁wr̥ | *bʰréh₁wōr | ||
| genitive | *bʰr̥h₁wéns | *bʰr̥h₁unés | ||
| singular | dual | plural | collective | |
| nominative | *bʰréh₁wr̥ | — | — | *bʰréh₁wōr |
| vocative | *bʰréh₁wr̥ | — | — | *bʰréh₁wōr |
| accusative | *bʰréh₁wr̥ | — | — | *bʰréh₁wōr |
| genitive | *bʰr̥h₁wéns | — | — | *bʰr̥h₁unés |
| ablative | *bʰr̥h₁wéns | — | — | *bʰr̥h₁unés |
| dative | *bʰr̥h₁wéney | — | — | *bʰr̥h₁unéy |
| locative | *bʰr̥h₁wén, *bʰr̥h₁wéni | — | — | *bʰr̥h₁wén, *bʰr̥h₁wéni |
| instrumental | *bʰr̥h₁wénh₁ | — | — | *bʰr̥h₁unéh₁ |
Descendants
- Proto-Armenian:
- Proto-Germanic: *brunnô (see there for further descendants)[2]
- Proto-Hellenic: *pʰrḗwər[3]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰŕ̥Hwa
References
- ^ [1] Klimp, Jenne (2013). “Remnants of *r/n-Stem Heteroclite Inflection in Germanic”. Unpublished manuscript, University of Groningen. pp. 119ff.
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*brunna(n)-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φρέαρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1590