Where does “brūma” come from?

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

brūma (Latin): the winter solstice

Definitions

  1. the winter solstice

Ancestry of “brūma”, step by step

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

Words derived from “brūma”

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