Re: Portuguese, Spanish bode "buck"

At 8:59:46 PM on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, dgkilday57 wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Bhrihskwobhloukstroy
> <bhrihstlobhrouzghdhroy@...> wrote:

[...]

>> I expect You consider *-k- a root-extension in *bhrenko-s
>> > Old Icelandic bringr 'hillock' (root *bhren- 'be
>> eminent', Pokorny 1959: 167).

> Koebler (online Altn. Wb.) cites only a weak fem. _bringa_
> 'Brust', Gmc. *brengo:n, from the root *bHrenk-
> 'hervorstehen, steil, Huegel'.

De Vries mentions _bringr_ 'hügel' s.v. _bringa_ but marks
it 'n[eu]isl[ändisch]', as does Pokorny. De Vries also
notes Shetl. _brong_, _bronga_, _brongi_ 'hügel'.

Brian