At 9:50:48 AM on Tuesday, October 18, 2005, alexandru_mg3
wrote:
> Please if somebody could derived Old Norway 'broddr' from
> PIE.
ON <broddr> is cognate with OE <brord> 'prick, point; blade
(of grass)' and OHG <brort> 'Rand, Kante', all from Gmc.
*bruzda-. In
<
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/29791> Piotr
gives the PIE as *bHrozdH- 'spike, prick', referring to
Pokorny's *bhares-, *bhores- etymon; Pokorny notes Alb.
<breth>, <bredhi> 'Tanne' and OIr <brot> 'Stachel'.
Brian