bhardhā

    bhardhā

    English meaning: beard

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Bart”

    Note: Root bhardhü : “beard” derived from the fussion of suffixed Root gʷer-1, gʷerǝ- : “to devour; throat” + zero grade gʷ(h)i- ‘snake, worm, fish” Root angʷ(h)i- : snake, worm, *fish”.

    Material: Maybe Alb.Gheg (*gʷer- gʷha) verza “ (*throat), gill of fish” Latvian bürda “gill of fish” : Latvian: bǜ rda “beard” [f ü]; bürzda (dial.) “beard” [f ü] : Greek βράγχια, βαράγχια “ gill of fish” = Root gʷer-1, gʷerǝ- : “ to devour; throat “ + zero grade of Root angʷ(h)i- (*egʷhi-, ogʷhi- and eĝhi-): ‘snake, worm, *fish (*hedgehog = snake eater)” Lat. barba “beard” (assimil. from *far-ba); O.H.G. bart, O.E. beard “beard” m., therefrom O.H.G. barta, O.S. barda, O.Ice. barđa “ hatchet, beards “, because the iron stands like a beard in the handle; from the Gmc. O.C.S. brady “ axe, hatchet “; O.C.S. brada “beard”, Russ. borodá ds., also “chin”, Ser.-Cr. bráda, acc. brâdu “beard” etc; O.Pruss. bordus “beard” (unclear after Trautmann 27); Ltv. bǜ rda and (see to zd under) bürzda, Lith. barzdà, acc. bar̃zdą “beard”; Lat. barbütus, O.C.S. bradatъ, Lith. barzdótas “having a beard, bearded”. Maybe Rom. bůrbat “man, jack, male, husband, spouse (bearded man?)” : Alb. burrë “ man, jack, male, husband, spouse (bearded man?)” Lith. and partly Ltv. -zd- is probably through the analogy the Balt correlation (*barzdü) caused from O.C.S. brazda, Russ. borozdá “ furrow “. maybe Alb. brazda “ furrow “ just as Slav. *bъrъ “ millet, sorghum “ (see under bhar- “ bristle ear “) will be based also IE *bhar-dhü “beard” on *bhar- “ bristle, stand up “, next to which extension *bharesds.

    References: WP. II 135, WH. I 96, Specht Decl. 87.