brolis

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Haplology of broterė́lis ‘little brother’, diminutive of *bróter- (in broterỹstė ‘brotherhood’, bróterautis ‘to fraternize, ally’), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *brā́ˀtē[1] (compare Old Prussian brāti), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.[2] Another haplological form is dialectal brotis ‘brother’, but with preserved -t-.[2] Parallel formation in Latvian brālis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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brólis m (plural bróliai) stress pattern 1

  1. brother

Declension

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rick Derksen, Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 60.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dagmar S. Wodko, Britta Irslinger, and Carolin Schneider, eds., Nomina im Indogermanischen Lexikon (Heidelberg: Winter UP, 2012), 38, 40.

Spanish

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Noun

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brolis

  1. plural of broli