Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰreyH-

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

*bʰreyH-

1. to cut

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰreyH- (3 c, 0 e)

• *bʰriH-yé-ti (yé-present)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *brīˀtei
    • Proto-Slavic: *brìti (see there for further descendants)
• *bʰri-né-H-ti ~ *bʰriH-né-n-ti (nasal-infix present)
  • Proto-Celtic: *brinati
    • Old Irish: ro·bria (3sg. subj.), ro·bríathar (pass. sg. subj.)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰriHnáHti, *bʰriHnánti
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bʰriHnáHti, *bʰriHnánti
      • Sanskrit: बृणाति (bhrīṇā́ti), भ्रीणन्ति (bhrīṇánti)
    • Proto-Iranian: *briHnáHti, *briHnánti
      • Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬠𐬭𐬍𐬥𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬈 (paⁱribrīnəṇte, 3pl.pres.med.)
      • Old Persian:
        • Manichaean Middle Persian: 𐫁𐫡𐫏𐫗𐫏𐫅 (brynyd, 3sg.pres.ind.)
        • Parthian: 𐫁𐫡𐫏𐫗𐫏𐫗𐫅 (brynynd, 3pl.pres.ind.)
• *bʰriH-nos
  • (possibly) Germanic: *brīnaz, *brīnijaz
    • Old English: brīne, brȳne
      • Middle English: brine, bryne
        • Scots: brime
        • English: brine
    • Old Dutch: *brīni
      • Middle Dutch: brine
        • Dutch: brijn

          West Flemish: brijne

    • Old Frisian: brein
      • West Frisian: brein
• *bʰriH-o-s
  • Proto-Italic: *frios → *friāō
    • Latin: friō
• *bʰriH-wo-s
  • Proto-Italic: *frīwos
    • Latin: (re)frīvus
• Unsorted formations:
  • Phrygian: βρειτ (breit)
  • Proto-Albanian: *brin(i)
    • Albanian: brij