briedis

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Latvian

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Briedis

Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic *breid-, *bried-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreydʰ-, together with a variant *bʰrent-, both from the stem *bʰer (to swell) (whence also briest (to swell), q.v.). The meaning apparently changed as follows: “swollen, big” > “having a big, well-developed body” > “strong, imposing (animal).” At first this word apparently referred to elks, and only later to deer; the meaning “elk” is still found in folklore. Cognates include Lithuanian bríedis (elk), Old Prussian braydis (elk) (< *breidis), Sudovian brid (deer), Elfdalian brinde (elk), Messapic brénthon (elk, deer) (< *brénton), [1] Messapic bréndon (deer), Albanian bri (horn, antler), Thracian toponym Brendike, Swedish brinde (elk).[2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bɾiɛ̂dis]
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Noun

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briedis m (2nd declension)

  1. deer, stag (especially Dama dama)
    brieža ragideer antlers
    brieža medībasdeer hunting
    briežu mātītefemale deer
    stalts kā briedistall, stately like a deer

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “briedis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir. Albanian Etymological Dictionary. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 1998.
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language: Reconstruction of Proto-Albanian. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2000.

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bried-, seemingly from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰreydʰ- (elk, deer). Cognate with Latvian briedis (elk), Old Prussian braydis (elk) (< *breidis); outside of Baltic, cognate with Sudovian brid (deer), Elfdalian brinde (elk), Swedish brinde (elk), Ancient Greek βρένδος (bréndos, deer) (from Messapic), Albanian bri (horn, antler).[1][2] Various formally and semantically unconvincing proposals have been given to derive these words from a Proto-Indo-European verbal formation.[3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bríedis m stress pattern 1

  1. elk (UK), moose (US), Alces alces

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir. Albanian Etymological Dictionary. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 1998.
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language: Reconstruction of Proto-Albanian. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2000.
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “briedis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 100