- bheres-
- bheres-English meaning: quickDeutsche Übersetzung: ‘schnell”Material: Lat. festīnō, -üre “ to hasten, hurry; transit., to hasten, accelerate “, Denom. von *festiō(n)-, -īn- “haste, hurry”, Erweit. to *festi- (from *fersti-) in cōnfestim “ immediately, without delay “ (from *com festī “with haste, hurry”); M.Ir. bras “quick, fast, stormy” (*bhresto-), Welsh brys ds. (*bhr̥sto-), M.Bret. bresic, brezec “hasty”; Lith. bruz-g-ùs “quick, fast”, bruz-d-ùs “movable, nimble”, besides burz-d-ùlis ds., burzde ́ti “ run to and fro “; Slav. *bъrzъ in O.C.S. brъzo adv. “quick, fast”, Ser.-Cr. br̂z “quick, fast”, Russ. borzój “quick, fast, fiery”, besides *bъrzdъ in wRuss. bórzdo adv. “quick, fast”, Ser.-Cr. brzdìca f. “rapids, speed in stream”. Perhaps here ligur. FlN Bersula, Swiss FlN Birsig (Krahe ZONF 9, 45). Maybe Alb. (*bersul) vërsul, “rush forward, attack”, truncated (*vërsul) sul “rush, attack” [common Alb. b- > v- shift].References: WP. II 175, WH. I 259, 488 f., Trautmann 40, Specht Decl. 192.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.