Reconstruction:Thracian/brūtos

This Thracian 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.

Thracian

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to brew”).

Notes

Attested by Theophrastus and Hesychius.

Noun

*brūtos

1. type of beverage (~ beer, ale)

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: βρυ̃τος／βροῦτος (brũtos)

References

• Yanakieva, Svetlana (2016) “Thracian Plosive Consonants. II. The Glosses”, in Studia Classica Serdicensia‎^[1], volume 5, page 514: “βρῦτον, βρῦτος “barley beer” < *bʰru-to-”

Further reading

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βρυ̃τος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 245