βρῦτος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • βρῦτον (brûton)

Etymology

From Thracian *brutos (beer, a type of barley beer).[1] According to Pokorny, this is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (to boil, be hot).[2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βρῦτος • (brûtos) m (genitive βρῡ́του); second declension

  1. beer made of barley

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References

  1. Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker [The Language of the Thracians] (in German), Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, page 16
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “143-45”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 143-45

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