brejo

Portuguese

Etymology

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *bragius, from Ancient Greek βράγος (brágos, “marsh, shallows”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to dig, bore”); compare Albanian bërrakë.

Or, from Old Portuguese brejo, from Proto-Celtic *bracum (“swamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”).

Pronunciation

(Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɛ.ʒu/
Hyphenation: bre‧jo

Noun

brejo m (plural brejos)

marsh, swamp

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

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