Reconstruction:Thracian/bria

Thracian

Etymology

Most likely cognate with Tocharian A ri (“city”), Tocharian B rīye (“city”), based on which - probably reflecting Proto-Indo-European *wrih₁-yeh₂.

Noun

*bria

1. settlement, town

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: βρία (bría)
  • ⇒ Ancient Greek: Μεσημβρία (Mesēmbría)
  • ⇒ Ancient Greek: Σηλυμβρία (Sēlumbría)
  • ⇒ Ancient Greek: Σκεδαβρία (Skedabría)

References

• Duridanov, Ivan (1969) Georgiev, V. I., editor, Thrakisch-dakische Studien, I: Die thrakisch- und dakisch-baltischen Sprachbeziehungen (Linguistique Balkanique; XIII, 2)‎^[1] (in German), number 2, Sofia: Verlag der Bulgarischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 14

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “rīye”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 582