Indo-European Lexicon
PIE Etymon and IE Reflexes
Below we display: a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) etymon adapted from Pokorny, with our own English gloss; our Semantic Field assignment(s) for the etymon, linked to information about the field(s); an optional Comment; and Reflexes (derived words) in various Indo-European languages, organized by family/group in west-to-east order where Germanic is split into West/North/East families and English, our language of primary emphasis, is artificially separated from West Germanic. IE Reflexes appear most often as single words with any optional letter(s) enclosed in parentheses; but alternative full spellings are separated by '/' and "principal parts" appear in a standard order (e.g. masculine, feminine, and neuter forms) separated by commas.
Reflexes are annotated with: Part-of-Speech and/or other Grammatical feature(s); a short Gloss which, especially for modern English reflexes, may be confined to the oldest sense; and some Source citation(s) with 'LRC' always understood as editor. Keys to PoS/Gram feature abbreviations and Source codes appear below the reflexes; at the end are links to the previous/next etyma [in Pokorny's alphabetic order] that have reflexes.
All reflex pages are currently under active construction; as time goes on, corrections may be made and/or more etyma & reflexes may be added.
Pokorny Etymon: 2. bher- 'to boil, swell, well up'
Semantic Field(s): to Boil (intrans, to Grow
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | beorma, bearm | n.masc | barm | ASD/GED |
| brǣþ, brēþ | n.fem | breath, vapor | ASD/GED | |
| brim-man | n.masc | sailor, lit. sea man | LRC | |
| Middle English: | berme | n | barm | W7 |
| breth | n | breath | W7 | |
| brethen | vb | to breathe | W7 | |
| broþe | adj | fierce | MEV | |
| broþely | adv | fiercely | MEV | |
| ferment | n | ferment | W7 | |
| fervent | adj | fervent | W7 | |
| fervour | n | fervor | W7 | |
| English: | barm | n | yeast/froth on fermenting malt liquor | AHD/W7 |
| barmy | adj | full of froth/ferment | AHD/W7 | |
| breath | n | air charged with odor/fragrance | AHD/W7 | |
| breathe | vb | to emit aura/fragrance | AHD/W7 | |
| breeze | n | residue from making coke/charcoal | AHD/W7 | |
| defervescence | n | subsidence of fever | AHD/W7 | |
| effervesce | vb.intrans | to hiss/foam/bubble as gas escapes | AHD/W7 | |
| ferment | n | agent (e.g. yeast) causing fermentation | AHD/W7 | |
| ferment | vb | to brew/become (e.g.) alcoholic beverage | LRC | |
| fervent | adj | glowing, very hot | AHD/W7 | |
| fervid | adj | burning, very hot | AHD/W7 | |
| fervor | n | intense heat | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Frisian: | barm, berme | n | barm | CDC |
| Middle Dutch: | bræyen | vb | to roast | GED |
| Dutch: | barm | n.masc | barm, lees, dregs | |
| Middle Low German: | barm, berm | n | barm | CDC |
| brādem | n.str.masc | vapor | GED | |
| Low German: | barm(e), borme | n | barm | CDC |
| Old High German: | brādam | n | breath | W7 |
| Middle High German: | bradem | n.masc | breath | ASD |
| bræjen | vb.wk | to smell, be fragrant | GED | |
| German: | Barme, Bärme | n.fem | barm | ASD |
| Bradem | n.masc | breath | ASD | |
| fermentieren | vb | to ferment | LRC | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | bráð-liga | adv | soon, rashly, hastily, at once | ICE/MEV |
| bráðr | adj | rash, hasty, impatient | LRC | |
| Old Icelandic: | brādna | vb | to melt | GED |
| brǣða | vb | to melt | GED | |
| Danish: | bærme | n | barm, lees, dregs | ASD |
| Swedish: | bärma, bærme | n | barm, lees, dregs | ASD/CDC |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Crimean Gothic: | breen | vb | to roast | GED |
| Italic | ||||
| Old Latin: | fervō | vb | to boil, bubble | GED |
| Latin: | defervescens, defervescentis | adj/vb.ptc | ceasing to boil | W7 |
| defervesco, defervescere | vb | to stop boiling | W7 | |
| effervesco, effervescere | vb | to bubble, boil | W7 | |
| fermentum | n.neut | yeast, barm | W7 | |
| fervens, ferventis | adj/vb.ptc | boiling | W7 | |
| ferveō, fervēre | vb | to seethe, boil, bubble | GED/RPN | |
| fervesco, fervescere | vb | to begin to boil | W7 | |
| fervidus | adj | boiling, foaming | W7 | |
| fervor | n.masc | boiling heat, seething | W7 | |
| frĕtus, frĕtum | n.masc/neut | strait, gulf, (surging of the) sea | GED | |
| Portuguese: | fervor | n | fervor | TLL |
| Spanish: | hervor | n | fervor | TLL |
| Old French: | braser | vb | to burn | W7 |
| brasier | n.masc | fire of hot coals | W7 | |
| brese | n.fem | live coals | W7 | |
| Middle French: | fervent | adj | fervent, ardent | W7 |
| ferveur | n.fem | fervor | W7 | |
| French: | braise | n.fem | coal, cinders | W7 |
| braiser | vb | to cook over coals | W7 | |
| braser | vb | to join metals by brazing | R1/W7 | |
| brasier | n.fem | furnace, large open fire | W7 | |
| ferveur | n | fervor | TLL | |
| Italian: | fervore | n | fervor | TLL |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| adv | = | adverb(ial) |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| intrans | = | intransitive |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| ptc | = | participle |
| str | = | strong (inflection) |
| vb | = | verb |
| wk | = | weak (inflection) |
Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):
| Code | Citation | |
|---|---|---|
| AHD | = | Calvert Watkins: The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed. (2000) |
| ASD | = | Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898) |
| CDC | = | W.D. Whitney and B.E. Smith: The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1889-1911) |
| GED | = | Winfred P. Lehmann: A Gothic Etymological Dictionary (1986) |
| ICE | = | Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| MEV | = | J.R.R. Tolkien: A Middle English Vocabulary (1922) |
| R1 | = | Josette Rey-Debove and Alain Rey, eds. Le Nouveau Petit Robert (1993) |
| RPN | = | Allan R. Bomhard: Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic (2002) |
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |