Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/brínktei
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This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk- (“to swell”).[1] Cognate with Lithuanian brankà (“swelling”), as well as Old Norse bringa (“chest”), branga (“clamp”).[2]
Verb[edit]
*brínktei
- to swell
Descendants[edit]
- East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: brìnkti
- Proto-Slavic: *brę̀knǫti (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “brinkti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 100-1
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “branka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98