bhrē̆ u-1, bhrū̆ -

    bhrē̆ u-1, bhrū̆ -

    English meaning: to pierce, break

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “with scharfem Werkzeug schneiden, abschaben etc”, especially Gmc. “zerschlagen, brechen”

    Note: extension from bher-

    Material: O.Ind. bhrūṇ á -m “embryo” (named after the burst caul); M.H.G. briune, brūne “lower abdomen, vulva”; O.H.G. brōdi “frail, breakable” (*bhrou-ti̯o- ), O.Ice. broma “piece, fragment” (*bhrumōn); a t-present in O.E. breoðan “break, rupture”; probably d- present based on Gmc. family of O.E. brēotan “break, rupture”, O.Ice. briōta “break, rupture”, broti m. “ heap of felled trees, barrier “, braut f. “way, alley” (compare Ger. Bahn brechen, Fr. route from rupta), breyta (*brautjan) “ alter, change, modify “, breyskr “frail, breakable, brittle “; O.H.G. bruzī, bruzzī “ fragileness “; O.Ice. brytia = O.E. bryttian “divide, share, allot, distribute”; O.Ice. bryti m. “ colter, plough coulter, pre-pruner, i.e. the most distinguished of the farmhands; kind of estate manager, land agent “ = agsl. brytta m. “ dispenser, distributer “. To Gmc. *ƀreutan perhaps also O.Ir. fris-brudi “ reject “. Ltv. braũna, braũṅa ‘scurf, dandruff, flake, scale, abandoned skin or shell, caul, entrails” (basic meaning “ scrapings “, vgl Slav. brъsnǫti ‘scrape, stripe “ under bhreu-k̂-); Cz. br-n-ka (*bhrun-) “ placenta, afterbirth “.

    References: WP. II 195 f., W. Schulze KZ. 50, 259 = Kl. Schr. 216.

    See also: S. the extension bhreu-k̂-, bhreu-s-2.