Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/brimą

Etymology
There is a PIE root that would fit this word formally. Perhaps from a Pre-Germanic mo-stem, maybe a reference to the breaking of waves or a boat moving through the water. Anglom (talk) 19:07, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
 * But that would leave the short -i- of the Germanic word unanswered. —CodeCat 19:25, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
 * It would undergo pretonic shortening before the resonant, yes? As >,  > . Anglom (talk) 19:38, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I've not heard of such a rule in Germanic. —CodeCat 20:54, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Kroonen refers to it as Dybo's law(I'm not really sure why, Wikipedia says it's a Slavic sound change?), he gives the above examples, as well as (with change to -ī- later on) <, < ,  < ,  < (although Beekes gives , I think). Anglom (talk) 21:23, 16 October 2014 (UTC)