Re: [tied] Re: Dream and rève

If both forms are derived from  *bhr-, then it should work, maybe it's from something like *bhraw- ? Any related meaning for such a root?

Carl Hult <datalampa@...> wrote:

> According to ceantar.org the gaelic form is bruadar
a dream, Irish bruadair, Welsh breuddwyd: *braud or *brav-. Some
scholars see a connection to latin fraus here but it is too far fetched
for my taste.

Carl

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> Spelling "resve" attested 1718. But that might be adapting the long
> pronunciation of e to the spelling conventions at the time.
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> Still it is intriguing with a word without any certain etymology.
> And that not only in French. Germanic dream is also unclear. And the
> same goes for Greek onar which might have a relative in Armenian. Is
> that correct?
> Practical, rational Romans with no inclination towards schamanism
> whatsoever have perspicuous somnium: "what belongs to sleep".
> What kind of word do Celts use? And Basques? Perspicuous or unclear?
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