bhreu-s-2

    bhreu-s-2

    English meaning: to break

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “zerbrechen, zerschlagen, zerkrũmeln under likewise”

    Note: extension from bhrē̆ u-1.

    Material: Alb. breshën, breshër “hail”, if eig. “granule, mica” (e = IE eu); Lat. frustum “ a bit, piece, morsel, gobbet “ (from *bhrus-to-); O.Ir. brūu ‘shatter, smash” (*bhrū̆ si̯ ō, Gaul. brus-, Fr. bruiser), M.Ir. brūire, brūile “piece, fragment”, bruan ds., bruar “fragment, broken piece”, brosna (*brus-toni̯o-) “ faggot, brushwood bundle “, Gaul. *bruski̯ü “ undergrowth, brushwood “, aFr. broce ds., M.Ir. brusc “tiny bit” etc; O.Ir. bronnaim “damage” (*bhrusnümi) (subjunctive robria from *bris- “break, rupture” borrows, see under bhrēi-); M.Welsh breu, Welsh brau “ frail, easily broken “, M.Corn. brew “ broken “ (*bhrōuso-); M.Bret. brusun “tiny bit” (*brous-t-); O.E. briesan (*brausjan), brȳsan (*brūsjan) “break, rupture trans., shatter”, Eng. bruise “injure”, probably also O.H.G. brōsma, M.H.G. brōsem, brōseme, brōsme “bit, flake, crumb”; O.E. brosnian “ molder “.

    References: WP. II 198 f., WH. I 553.