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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brōduz

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 Pre-Germanic *bʰroh₁tús, a tu-stem derived from *brōaną (“to warm, brew”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɔː.ðuz/

Noun

*brōduz m

  1. heat, warmth, incubation
  2. brood; breeding

Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *brōduz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *brōduz *brōdiwiz
vocative *brōdu *brōdiwiz
accusative *brōdų *brōdunz
genitive *brōdauz *brōdiwǫ̂
dative *brōdiwi *brōdumaz
instrumental *brōdū *brōdumiz

Derived terms

Descendants

The word was probably remodeled as a ti-stem in West Germanic.

  • Old English: brōd
  • Old Frisian: *brōd
    • Saterland Frisian: Broud
    • West Frisian: broed
  • Old Saxon: *brōd
    • Middle Low German: brôt
      • (German Low German: Bröddsel)
  • Old Dutch: *bruot
  • Old High German: bruot, pruot
    • Middle High German: bruot, pruot

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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