Reconstruction talk:Proto-Indo-European/bʰébʰrus


 * Could you please check/improve this entry? Thanks! —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 21:27, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Or, if you won't respond. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 07:53, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

ESIJa lists a lot of Indo-Iranian brown and yellow animal names, including big felines, as a descendant of this. If that is correct, then the basic meaning of the PIE word is not “beaver” but rather “a brown animal”. --Vahag (talk) 13:56, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, I think that there are multiple derivations (like PGmc ) all coming from a "brown" root, but they seem to be parallel nominalisations to me. Of course, you can add that if you have a good source explicitly stating that reconstructed meaning. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 19:44, 6 March 2016 (UTC)