Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brēþiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēt- (“exhalation from heat; steam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to seethe, toss about, cook”).

Noun

*brēþiz m

vapour; steam; breath
odour

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *brēþiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brēþiz	*brēþīz
vocative	*brēþi	*brēþīz
accusative	*brēþį	*brēþinz
genitive	*brēþīz	*brēþijǫ̂
dative	*brēþī	*brēþimaz
instrumental	*brēþī	*brēþimiz

Related terms

*brēþaz
*brēþmaz (probably a secondary form conflated with *ēþmaz)

Descendants

Old English: brǣþ
- Middle English: breth, breeth
  - Scots: breth, brethe, breith
  - English: breath
Old Saxon: *brāþam, *brādam (< *brēþmaz)
- Middle Low German: brādem
Old Dutch: *brādam (< *brēþmaz)
- Dutch: bradem
Old High German: brādam (< *brēþmaz)
- Middle High German: brādem
  - German: Brodem

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