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Number: 740
Root: gʷretso-
English meaning: thick, big
German meaning: `dick, groß'??
Material: Lat. grossus `dick' pflegt man mit mir. cymr. corn. bret. bras `groß, dick', mir. auch `stark', zusammenzubringen. Doch macht der kelt. Vokalismus Schwierigkeiten, und mir. bres `schon' ist kaum dazuzustellen. Ob bras eher als *gʷrǝ-sto- zu lat. gravis, oben S. 476?
References: WP. I 698, WH. I 623.
Pages: 485
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *gʷrats-
Meaning: thick
Latin: grossus, -a `dick; unreif'
Celtic: *bras- > OIr bres `grossus', MIr bras `grossus'; Corn bras `grossus'
Russ. meaning: толстый
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