Reconstruction talk:Proto-Indo-European/bʰrewh₁-

Some comments and potential descendants
I should start with that, in my opinion, the root is a fossilized w-extension of or ultimately of. If we do not accept this hypothesis, then the relation to has no place here.

If we do, then we should add some lateral descendants, even if they do not descend directly form *bʰrewh₁-. In this category fall:



Second, the semantic association with heat and brewing is not the only possible w-extension from the basic form *bʰer(H)-. Semantic nuances related to swelling, breaking, swift motion, buzzing, color association (specifically brown), etc. are also possible. Pokorny, for example, lists 7 different aspects of *bher- (clearly not all of them equivalent to modern *bʰer(H)-). Descendants which belong to this category are:
 * 🇨🇬 (onomatopoeic aspect)
 * 🇨🇬 (physical aspect)
 * 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (spatial aspect)
 * 🇨🇬 (biological aspect)

I will leave more experienced members to decide which of these forms have place in the official thread and which don't. Probably, reconstructing a second meaning besides to brew, boil is necessary. Bezimenen (talk) 14:18, 12 March 2019 (UTC)