bhrag- (better bhrǝ-g-)

    bhrag- (better bhrǝ-g-)

    English meaning: to smell, scent

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “riechen”

    Material: Lat. fragrō, -üre “to emit a smell, esp. a sweet smell”, denominative *bhrǝg-ro-s “ smelling “; O.H.G. bracko (Ger. Bracke), M.L.G. mnl. bracke “ beagle, sleuth, harrier, track hound” (out of it Ital. bracco etc), in addition M.Lat. barm-braccus “lap dog”; compare M.H.G. brǣ hen ‘smell” (*brē-i̯ō); also anything for root bhrē, above S. 133. It remains remote Gaul. brüca “ trouser “; see under bhreĝ-1 “break, rupture”.

    References: WP. II 192, WH. I 540, Kluge11 under Bracke.