Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰreg-

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

*bʰreg-^[1]^[2]

to break
Synonyms: *bʰeg-, *Hrewp-, *kelh₂-, *lem-, *lewǵ-

Alternative reconstructions

*bʰrag-^[3]

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰreg- (43 c, 0 e)

*bʰreg- (root present)
- Proto-Germanic: *brekaną (see there for further descendants)
*bʰr̥-né-g-ti ~ *bʰr̥-n-g-énti (nasal-infix present)
- Italic:
  - Latin: frangō
*bʰreg-eh₂
- Proto-Germanic: *brekō
  - Proto-West Germanic: *breku

Unsorted formations

Albanian: brishtë, breshër
Proto-Germanic: *brōks (see there for further descendants)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

[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] Kroonen, Guus (2013), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[Ringe_2006-3] Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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