πŒπŒ“πŒπŒŒπŒ„πŒ’πŒ‹πŒžπŒ

South Picene

Etymology

Unknown. There are no known cognates in any other language and only one other name in the Sabellian languages that contains the morpheme *-klos is πŒ‡πŒ„πŒ“πŒ„πŒŠπŒ‹πŒžπŒ (hereklΓΊΓ­), a word borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (HΔ“raklΓͺs). It has also been proposed that the term is connected to Ancient Greek Ξ’ΟΞΉΞΌΟŽ (BrimαΉ“), although this connection is disputed as the stressed /Γ­/ in the term may contradict such an etymological relationship.

It has also been interpreted as a descendant of *breΙ£Κ·is. Perhaps the locative singular form of the adjective evolved into *brefmei, then *brΔ“mei, which would be represented in South Picene orthography as *brΓ­meΓ­. Then this form may have been suffixed with *-klo- to form πŒπŒ“πŒπŒŒπŒ„πŒ’πŒ‹πŒžπŒ (brΓ­meqlΓΊΓ­). According to this theory, the term may be related to Latin brΕ«ma (β€œwinter solstice”). The term may reference the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. This theory is, however, disputed as the series of phonological developments required for its occurrence may be improbable.

Proper noun

πŒπŒ“πŒπŒŒπŒ„πŒ’πŒ‹πŒžπŒ β€’ (brΓ­meqlΓΊΓ­) m (dative singular)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: a South Picene name, perhaps a name of a human male or a settlement
  • πŒπŒ“πŒπŒŒπŒ„πŒ‰πŒƒπŒ‰πŒπŒ€πŒ‰πŒ” (brΓ­meidinais)

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN
  • James Clackson (2017) South Picene brΓ­meqlΓΊΓ­ and brΓ­meidinaisβ€Ž[1] (in English)
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