 | ThisProto-Germanic entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence. |
Usually fromProto-Indo-European*mrogʰnom, possibly athematicized form of original*mrégʰmn̥ (whenceAncient Greekβρέχμα(brékhma,“brainpan”)), from the root*mregʰ-(“marrow, sinciput”).
Liberman instead sees this word asborrowed from a putativeProto-Celtic*bragnom,*bregnom(“bran”) (compare*bragnos(“rotten”)), deriving it fromProto-Indo-European*bʰreg-(“to break”) while proposing that it was used as a metaphor for the brain's appearance.[1]
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bragną | *bragnō |
| vocative | *bragną | *bragnō |
| accusative | *bragną | *bragnō |
| genitive | *bragnas, *bragnis | *bragnǫ̂ |
| dative | *bragnai | *bragnamaz |
| instrumental | *bragnō | *bragnamiz |