brej

Albanian

verb

Definitions

to gnaw
to corrode, to eat away

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *brainja derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHi- (cut, spoil).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰreHi-

Gloss

cut, spoil

Concept

Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

brine English
brineless English
briner English
brinish English
briny English
debrine English
embrine English
*bʰreHi- Proto-Indo-European
brine Middle English
*brainja Proto-Albanian