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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mregʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*mregʰ-[1][2]

  1. brain

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mregʰ-‎ (2 c, 0 e)
  • *mrégʰ-mn̥ ~ *mr̥gʰ-mén-s
    • Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: βρέχμα (brékhma)
  • *mregʰ-mó-s
    • Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: βρεχμός (brekhmós)
  • *mrogʰ-no-m
    • Proto-Germanic: *bragną (see there for further descendants)
  • *móst-mr̥gʰ-on- (possibly)[3]
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mastr̥gʰā́n
      • Sanskrit: मस्तृहन् (mastṛhan)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  3. Lubotsky, Alexander (2021 April 22) “Indo-Iranian *mastr̥ghan- / *mastr̥ǰhan- ‘Brain, Skull’ and its Etymology”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 25, number 1, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 66–73
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