Where does “*breɣʷis” come from?
*breɣʷis (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.
Ancestry of “*breɣʷis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |