- bhren-to-s
- bhren-to-sEnglish meaning: herdsman, *wanderer, hornDeutsche Übersetzung: “Geweihträger, Hirt”Material: Messap. βρένδον (from *βρέντον) “ἔλαφον” Hes., βρέντιον “deer head” Hes., brunda ds., short form (besides Brenda) to PN Brundisium, older Βρεντέσιον “Brindisi”, Illyr. VN Βρέντιοι; Ven. FlN Brinta “Brenta”; still today in Ital. mountain names and plant names (Bertoldi IF. 52, 206 f.); compare in addition Alb. brî, brîni “horn, antler” (*bhr̥-no-), Plur. Gheg brîena; raetorom. brenta “ pannier “; maybe Alb. brinja “rib, bone”Note: Clearly Alb. is an Illyr. Dialect; Alb. bredh “wander” suggests that there is a link between Root bhred(h)- : “to wade, wander” and Root bhren-to-s : “herdsman, *wanderer”. Mod.Swe. dial. brind(e), Nor. (with g from d) bringe “male elk “ (*bhrentós), ablaut. Nor. brund “baby male reindeer “ (*bhrn̥tós); Ltv. briêdis “ deer, deer stag “, whether from of a IE additional form *bhrendis, must be the origin of Lith. bríedis, O.Pruss. braydis m. “elk”; if Gmc. Lw.?Note: Baltic lang. were created before Slavic lang. hence the vocabulary shared by Baltic and Alb. is of Illyr. origin. Perhaps to bhren- “overhang, edge”; different Specht Decl. 120.References: WP. II 205, WH. I 116 f., 551, 852, A. Mayer KZ 66, 79 ff., Krahe Festgabe Bulle 191 f.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.