*brazdaz

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰros-dʰh₁-ós (Kroonen 2013), an o-grade form of root *bʰers- (‘top, tip, point’) + *-dʰh₁-e/o-(*-dʰh₁-forms resultative verbs from roots). It likely forms a complex with closely related *bruzdaz (‘point, spike, thorn’) and *brezdaz (‘board, plank, shelf’). Possible cognates are Proto-Slavic bōrzdà (‘furrow’), Sanskrit भृ॒ष्टि • (bhṛṣṭí) (bhṛṣṭí, ‘spike, point, top, corner, edge’), Welsh brath (‘bite, sting, stab; wound, injury’).