Proto-Indo-European

*bʰrewh₁-

‘to be hot, boil’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-.

59 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-, most familiar first.

• brand ← *brandaz ← *brinnaną
• burn ← burne ← brinna ← *brinnaną ← *bʰrénuh₁e-
• bread ← bred ← *braud ← *braudą
• purple ← purpul ← purpure ← purpura ← πορφύρα
• brewing ← brewynge ← brewen ← brēowan ← *breuwan
• brew ← brewen ← brēowan ← *breuwan ← *brewwaną
• bourbon ← *borvo
• brewer ← brewere ← brewen ← brēowan ← *breuwan
• broth ← broþ ← *broþ ← *bruþą
• bourne ← burna ← *brunnō ← *brunnô ← *bʰréh₁wr̥
• brewster ← brewestere ← brewen ← brēowan ← *breuwan
• brunt ← brundr ← *brunstiz ← *brinnaną

More words from *bʰrewh₁-

• brim
• fervor
• fervent
• ferment
• fervently
• bren
• effervescent
• broil
• porphyry
• brandish
• briny
• purpura
• winterbourne
• imbroglio
• comfrey
• fervid
• embroil
• brodo
• effervesce
• purpuric
• purpure
• brinded
• branle
• brunne
• defervescence
• defervesce
• defrutum
• fervescent
• ferventness
• frutex
• fruticulose
• fruticant
• fruticetum
• haematoporphyrin
• porphyrogene
• porphyrophobia
• porphyrophobic
• purpurite
• purpurogenous
• purpurous
• purpurogallin
• purpuromycin
• purpurescent
• purpuraceous
• purpurated
• purpurize
• suffrutex

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-