Where does “bruma” come from?

bruma (Italian) comes from Latin brūma, from Latin brevima, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

bruma (Italian): mist, haze; shipworm

Definitions

  1. mist, haze; shipworm

Ancestry of “bruma”, step by step

bruma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin brūma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbrūmathe winter solstice
2Latinbrevimathe shortest
3Latinbrevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short;...
4Proto-Italic*breɣʷis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

via Ancient Greek βρῶμα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekβρῶμαa shipworm that bores into wooden piers, ships,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷerh₃-to swallow, devour, eat

Words derived from “bruma”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus →Every word from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis →