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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰréh₁wr̥

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

Probably from earlier metathesized form of *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew”) +‎ *-r̥ (r/n-stem suffix). Compare *péh₂wr̥, *snéh₁wr̥.

Noun

*bʰréh₁wr̥ n [1]

  1. well, spring, source

Inflection
Athematic, proterokinetic
singular collective
nominative *bʰréh₁wr̥ *bʰréh₁wōr
genitive *bʰr̥h₁wéns *bʰr̥h₁unés
singular dual plural collective
nominative *bʰréh₁wr̥ — — *bʰréh₁wōr
vocative *bʰréh₁wr̥ — — *bʰréh₁wōr
accusative *bʰréh₁wr̥ — — *bʰréh₁wōr
genitive *bʰr̥h₁wéns — — *bʰr̥h₁unés
ablative *bʰr̥h₁wéns — — *bʰr̥h₁unés
dative *bʰr̥h₁wéney — — *bʰr̥h₁unéy
locative *bʰr̥h₁wén, *bʰr̥h₁wéni — — *bʰr̥h₁wén, *bʰr̥h₁wéni
instrumental *bʰr̥h₁wénh₁ — — *bʰr̥h₁unéh₁

Descendants
  • Armenian:
  • Germanic: *brunnô (see there for further descendants)[2]
  • Hellenic: *pʰrḗwər[3]
    • Ancient Greek: φρέᾱρ (phréār) (< with quantitative metathesis)
      Ancient Greek: φρεῖᾰρ (phreîar)
  • Indo-Iranian: *bʰŕ̥Hwa
    • Indo-Aryan: *bʰŕ̥Hwa
      • Sanskrit: भुर्वन् (bhúrvan)
      • (possibly) Sanskrit: भार्वर (bhārvará)

References
  1. Klimp, Jenne (2013). “Remnants of *r/n-Stem Heteroclite Inflection in Germanic”. Unpublished manuscript, University of Groningen. pp. 119ff.
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*brunna(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 80
  3. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φρέαρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1590
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