Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰrekʷ-

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

Alternative forms

• *bʰarekʷ-, *bʰₔrekʷ-, *bʰerk-, *bʰrak-, *bʰreg-

Etymology

Reconstructed with a labiovelar to include Latin frequēns, but due to this unusual root structure, possibly a substrate borrowing.

Root

*bʰrekʷ-

1. to condense
2. to crowd together

Derived terms

• *bʰr̥kʷ-yé-ti (“ye-present”)
  • Proto-Italic: *farkjō
    • Latin: farciō (“to cram, fill completely, stuff”)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *pʰrakʷjō (possibly, or perhaps from *bʰerǵʰ- (“to be high; to rise”))
    • Ancient Greek: φράσσω (phrássō, “to fence”)
• *bʰr̥kʷ-s-
  • Proto-Italic: *fraksō (“to patrol”)
    • Latin: fraxō
• *bʰrékʷ-nt-s ~ *bʰr̥kʷ-nt-ós
  • Proto-Italic: *frekʷents
    • Latin: frequēns (“occurring at close intervals”)