bʰreg-mn̥

“that which breaks, fragment”

Widely accepteddestructionmaterial

Source of Latin fragmentum, English fragment, fraction, brake

Nominal of the break root, yielding Latin fragmentum and English fragment, fraction, brake.

bheg-“to break, shatter”bʰerdʰ-“to cut, split, separate”bʰerǵ-s-“to protect by enclosing”bʰreg-₂“to break apart, be brittle”deru-“tree, wood, to be firm”doru-mn̥-“beam, timber, spear-shaft”dʰeyǵʰ-mn̥-₂“wall, thing built from clay”dʰrew-“to be firm, to be solid”