Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/brínktei

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk- (“to swell”).^[1] Cognate with Lithuanian brankà (“swelling”), as well as Old Norse bringa (“chest”), branga (“clamp”).^[2]

Verb

*brínktei

to swell

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: brìnkti
Proto-Slavic: *brę̀knǫti (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “brinkti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 100-1
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “branka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98

[1] Derksen, Rick (2015) “brinkti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 100-1

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “branka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98

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