bheredh-

    bheredh-

    English meaning: to cut; board

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schneiden”

    Note: Root bheredh- : “to cut; board” derived from Root bhereĝh- : “high; mountain, *sharp” [common Illyr. - balt -ĝh- > -dh- phonetic mutation].

    Material: O.Ind. bardhaka-ḥ “cutting, clipping”, m. “carpenter”, śata-bradh-na-ḥ “ having 100 metal points “; perhaps Gk. πέρθω “destroy, smash”, πορθέω “destroy, smash, devastate”; bhredhos- in O.S. O.E. bred “board”, O.H.G. bret n., therefrom O.H.G. britissa, Ger. Pritsche; bhr̥dho- in Goth. fōtu-baúrd n. “ splint “, O.Ice. bord n. “board, table, desk”, O.E. bord n. ds., O.H.G. bort ds. = Umbr. forfo- ds. in furfant “ they lay on the board “; probably with it identical O.Ice. borð “edge, border, ship’s rim “, O.H.G. M.H.G. bort ds. (Ger. Bord from N.Ger.), O.E. bord “board, edge, shield”; O.E. borda m. “edge, ornament, decoration”, O.H.G. borto, Ger. Borte; bhordho- in O.Ice. barð “edge, border”, Nor. dial. bard ds. From Gmc. *burð- derive Ser.-Cr. bȑdo, Russ. bërdo etc “ weaver’s reed “ and Ltv. birde f. “ weaver’s rack “.

    References: WP. II 163, 174, Devoto Mé l. Pedersen 227 f., Meillet Slave commun2 75.