Indo-European etymology : List with all references

Proto-IE: *bherdh-

Meaning: to cut

Old Indian: {bardhaka- `abschneidend, scherend', m. `Zimmermann'}; bhartsati `to menace, threaten, abuse'

Old Greek: pérthō, aor. pérsai̯, prathẹ̄̂n, inf. p. pérthai̯ `zerstören, verwüsten', pérsi-s f. `Zerstörung', porthéō `zerstören, verwüsten, plündern'

Latin: forceps, -cipis, pl. gen. -ium f. (/m.) `Zange; Schere'; forpex, forfex `id.'

Russ. meaning: резать etc.

References: WP II 174

Number: 236

Root: bheredh-

English meaning: to cut; board

German meaning: `schneiden'

Derivatives: bhr̥dho- `Brett'

Material: Ai. bardhaka-ḥ `abschneidend, scherend', m. `Zimmermann', śata-bradh-na-ḥ `100 Metallspitzen habend'; vielleicht gr. πέρθω `zerstöre', πορθέω `zerstöre, verwüste';

bhredhos- in as. ags. bred `Brett', ahd. bret n., davon ahd. britissa, nhd. Pritsche;

bhr̥dho- in got. fōtu-baúrd n. `Fußbrett', aisl. bord n. `Brett, Tisch', ags. bord n. ds., ahd. bort ds. = umbr. forfo- ds. in furfant `sie legen auf das Brett'; wohl damit identisch aisl. borð `Rand, Kante, Schiffsrand', ahd. mhd. bort ds. (nhd. Bord aus dem Ndd.), ags. bord `Bord, Rand, Schild'; ags. borda m. `Rand, Verzierung', ahd. borto, nhd. Borte;

bhordho- in aisl. barð `Rand, Kante', norw. dial. bard ds.

Aus germ. *burð- stammen skr. bȑdo, russ. bërdo usw. `Weberkamm' und lett. birde f. `Webergestell'.

References: WP. II 163, 174, Devoto Mél. Pedersen 227 f., Meillet Slave commun² 75.

Pages: 138

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