bhereĝh-

    bhereĝh-

    English meaning: high; mountain

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “hoch, erhaben”

    Note: Root bhereĝh- : “high; mountain” derived from Root bherǝĝ -, bhrēĝ - : “to shine; white, *ash wood, ashen, birch tree, elm”

    Material: O.Ind. Kaus. barháyati “increases”, br̥ṁháti “makes fat, obese, strengthens, uplifts”, presumably barha-s, -m “tail feather, tail of a bird, esp. from a peacock”; br̥hánt- “big, large, high, convex, elevated, noble, sublime”, also “high, loud (of the voice)”, fern. br̥hatī (= Ir. Brigit, Gmc. Burgund), Av. bǝrǝzant- (Pers. buland), f. bǝrǝzaitī “high”, in compound bǝrǝzi- (: *bǝrǝzra-), bǝrǝz- “high” and “height, mountain” (= Pers. burz ds., Ir. bri ́; the nom. Av. barš Subst. could contain ar. -ar-, but also ar. -r̥-, Bartholomae IF. 9, 261), zero grade Av. uz-barǝzayeni “I shall allow to grow up “ (in addition ΢ατι-βαρζάνης “ improve luck “, Iran. *barzana-), barǝzan- m. barǝzah- n. “height”, barǝšnu- m. “elevation, height, sky, heaven, head”, barǝzyah- “higher”, barǝzišta- “ the highest, the most suitable “; Pers. bül-ü “height” (*barz-), burz (see above); O.Ind. br̥hánt- stands for also “big, large, vast, grand, thick, massive” and br̥ṁhati “makes fat, obese, invigorates, strengthens, increases, furthers”, bŕ̥háṇü adv. “dense, tight, firm, strong, proficient; very, absolutely”, paribr̥ḍha-ḥ ‘standing firm, dense, solid”. Arm. berj “height” in erkna-, lerna-berj ‘sky-, mountainous” (*bherĝhos), barjr “high” (*bhr̥ĝhú-), (ham-)baṙnam (*barjnam, Aor. barji) “lift up” etc. Berg- in PN the Mediterranean countries: Thrac. Βεργούλη, Maced. Βέργα, Illyr. Berginium (Bruttium: Bergae), Lig. Bergomum, Celto-Lig. Bergusia, Hisp. Bergantia etc about p- in kleinaswe. Πέργη, Πέργαμος, Maced. Cret. Πέργαμος suppositions by Kretschmer Gl. 22, 100 f., Krahe ZNF. 19, 64. Lat. for(c)tis, aLat. forctus, dial. horctus, horctis “ physically, strong, powerful, robust; morally, brave, courageous, steadfast, bold, audacious “ (from *forg-tos, IE *bhrĝh-tos = O.Ind. br̥ḍháḥ). Welsh bera “heap” (= Ger. Berg), O.Corn. Bret. bern ds. (-rĝh-n-? s. Pedersen KG. I 105), Gaul. PN Bergusia, zero grade M.Ir. brí, acc. brig “hill” (see above), Welsh bry “high, above”, fem., Welsh Corn. Bret. bre “hill”, Gaul. Litano-briga among others PN; Gaul. Brigantes, Βρίγαντες people’s name (either “the sublime, noble” or “ troglodyte, cave dweller, cliff dweller “; O.Ind. br̥hant-), Brigantia PN “Bregenz (Western Austria)” and name of a feminine divinity, O.Ir. Brigit (*bhr̥ĝhn̥tī) “name of a famous saint and generally women’s name” (also O.Ind. br̥hatī́ is used as woman’s name, also O.H.G. Purgunt), Welshbraint “privilege, prerogative” (eig. “highness”), pl. breiniau, in addition M.Welsh breenhin, Welsh brenin “king”, Corn. brentyn, bryntyn ds. (*brigantīnos). Goth. baírgahei “ mountain range, mountainous region “, O.Ice. bjarg and berg, O.H.G. O.S. berg “mountain”, O.E. beorh, beorg “height, burial mound”, Eng. barrow “burial mound” (compare Arm. -berj, Welsh bera, O.Ind. barha-); Gmc. *burgundī (= O.Ind. br̥hatī, Celt. *brigantī, Ir. Brigit) in Burgund, oldest name of Bornholm (Danish island) (eig. “ the high-rising “) and name Danish and Nor. islands, O.H.G. Purgunt women’s name, in addition Burgundiōnes, family name. Goth. baurgs f. “town, city, tower”, O.H.G. burg etc “castle” is genuine Gmc. equivalent of Av. bǝrǝz-, Celt. brig- with the meaning “fortified height as refuge”; With it is coincident though Lat. burgus “castle, fort”, that is borrowed from Gk. πύργος “tower”, an oriental loanword from urart. burgana “palace, fortress” derives (820 v. Chr., s. Adontz REtIE 1, 465), whereof would have also derived Arm. burgn, aram. burgin, burgon “tower” etc. after Kretschmer though πύργος Gmc. Lw. Maybe Alb. burg “prison” This contemplates *berĝhō ‘save, hide, shelter”, originally ostensibly “ providing sancturay for someone at a refuge “ as retrograde derivative to *bherĝh- “mountain” (Gl. 22, 113); s. above S. 145. O.C.S. brěgъ “bank, border, shore, slope”, Ser.-Cr. brȉjeg “hill, bank, border, shore”, Russ. bēreg ds., is probably not Gmc. Lw., but rather Ven.-Illyr. origin; Brũckner KZ. 46, 232, Persson Beitr. 927; Maybe Alb. bregu “bank, border, shore, slope”. from latter with brěgъ as genuine Slavic words related Clr. o-boříh, Cz. brah “haystack” etc belongs rather to O.C.S. brěgǫ “care” (*preserve, save, hide, shelter), as stogъ : στέγω. Maybe Alb. brengë “care, sadness, sorrow”, brengos ‘sadden, worry” With other vowel gradation *bhregh- perhaps in O.E. brego, breogo “master, mister, ruler, prince, lord”, O.Ice. bragr “best, most exquisite, most distinguished, leader, chief, prince”, M.H.G. brogen “ rise, direct upwards, wanton brag”. Toch. AB pärk- “ rise “, A pärkünt, В pirko “ the rising “, A pärkär, В parkre, pärkre “tall”; perhaps A prükär, В prükre “tight, firm, solid” (compare Lat. fortis); Hitt. pár-ku-uš (parkus) “high” (: Arm. barjr). Maybe Alb. (*parkus) pragu “threshold, elevation before the door” : Hitt. pár-ku-uš (parkus) “high”

    References: WP. II 173 f., WH. I 124, 535 f., 853, Feist 75 f., 85 f., Trautmann 30 f., Van Windekens Lexique 90, Couvreur H̯ 178.