- bher-5
- bher-5English meaning: shining; brownDeutsche Übersetzung: “glänzend, hellbraun”Note: extensions of bher- ‘shine, appear, seem”, bhereĝ-, bherek̂- ‘shine”.Material: O.Ind. bhalla-ḥ, bhallaka-ḥ bhallū̆ka-ḥ “bear” (-ll- from -rl-); O.H.G. bero, O.E. bera “bear” (*bheron-), O.Ice. biǫrn ds. (*bhernu-, whose u as like ū̆ from O.Ind. bhallū̆ ka-ḥ from the stem *bheru- derive might) = O.E. beorn “warrior, chieftain”; O.Ice. bersi “bear” (s as in Fuchs : Goth. fauhō, Luchs: Swe. lo); ablaut. Lith. be ́ras, Ltv. bę̃rs “brown (from horses)”; Gk. φάρη νεφέλαι Hes.? (*φαρε[σ]a or *φάρεFα? If finally exactly to:) φαρύνει λαμπρύνει Hes., φρύ̄νη, φρῦνος “toad, frog” (* “ the brown one “ = O.H.G. brūn); if φάρη as “ blanket of clouds “ to 7. bher-? nep. bhuro “brown” (*bhrūro-); O.H.G. M.H.G. brūn “gleaming, brown”, O.E. brūn, O.Ice. brūnn ds.; Russ. dial. bryně́tъ “white, gray shimmer”, changing through ablaut bruně́tъ ds. (*bhrou-no-?) and (from *bhr-ono-, -eno-) R.C.S. bronъ “white; varicolored (from horses)”, Russ. bronь (and dial. brynь), Clr. breńíty “become dun (of a dull or dingy brown colour, dull greyish-brown), ripen”, O.C.S. brьnije (brenije) “ordure, excrement “, Slov. br̂n “river mud “; O.Ind. babhrú-ḥ “ reddish brown; giant ichneumon kind “, Av. bawra-, bawri- “beaver”; Lat. fiber, fibrī “beaver” (also feber s. WH. I 491; probably i has changed for e, as also) Celt. (only in names): *bibros, *bibrus in Gaul. PN and FlN Bibracte, O.Brit. VN Bibroci, M.Ir. VN Bibraige (*bibru-rīgion), PN Bibar (*Bibrus) besides *bebros in Gaul. FlN *Bebrü, Fr. Bièvre; Bebronnü , Fr. Beuvronne, Brevenne etc; O.H.G. bibar, O.E. beofor (oldest bebr), M.L.G. bever, O.Ice. biōrr ds. (urg. *ƀeƀru-); compare also Ger. FlN Bever, old Biverna; Lith. bẽbras, bãbras, bẽbrus ds. (dissimil. debrùs under likewise), O.Pruss. bebrus ds.; about Lith. bruĩšis etc “ roach (Lat. Leuciscus rutilus) “, O.Pruss. brun-se ds. s. Specht Decl. 120; Slav. *bebrъ in Pol. FlN Biebrza, Russ. etc bobr (zur o-reduplication s. Berneker 47; besides perhaps *bъbrъ in Ser.-Cr. dȁbar “beaver” and aRuss. bebrjanъ “ from beaver fur “). compare noch Lat. fibrīnus “ of the beaver, beaver “, volsk. Fibrēnus brook name, Av. bawraini- “ of the beaver “; O.H.G. bibarīn, Gaul. bebrinus (Schol. Iuv.), Lith. bẽbrinis ds.; Toch. B perne, A parno “luminous”, therefrom B perne, A paräṃ “ majesty, grandeur “.References: WP. II 166 f., WH. I 490 f., Van Windekens Lexique 93.See also: compare further bhel-1 with similar meaning.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.