Number: 287
Root: bhrag- (besser bhrǝ-g-)
English meaning: to smell, scent
German meaning: `riechen'
Material: Lat. fragrō, -āre `stark riechen, duften', Denominativ eines *bhrǝg-ro-s `riechend'; ahd. bracko (nhd. Bracke), mnd. mnl. bracke `Spürhund' (daraus ital. bracco usw.), dazu mlat. barm-braccus `Schoßhund'; vgl. mhd. brǣhen `riechen' (*brē-i̯ō); also alles zur Wz. bhrē, oben S. 133. Fern bleibt gall. brāca `Hose'; s. unter bhreĝ-1 `brechen'.
References: WP. II 192, WH. I 540, Kluge11 unter Bracke.
Pages: 163
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