Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brugjǭ

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 *bʰerw-, *bʰrēw- (“wooden flooring, decking, bridge”); compare Gaulish brīuā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbruɣ.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*brugjǭ f

bridge

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *brugjǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brugjǭ	*brugjōniz
vocative	*brugjǭ	*brugjōniz
accusative	*brugjōnų	*brugjōnunz
genitive	*brugjōniz	*brugjōnǫ̂
dative	*brugjōni	*brugjōmaz
instrumental	*brugjōnē	*brugjōmiz

Descendants

Old English: bryċġ
- Middle English: brigge, brugge, brygge, bregge, brige, brig, bryge, brydge
  - English: bridge
Old Frisian: brigge, bregge
- North Frisian: brag, Bröch (Sylt)
- Saterland Frisian: Brääch
- West Frisian: brêge
Old Saxon: bruggia
- Middle Low German: brugge
  - Dutch Low Saxon: brugge (Achterhoeks, Drents, Gronings, Twents, Veluws), brogge (Drents, Stellingwerfs, Veluws), brog (Drents, Gronings, Veluws)
  - German Low German: Brugge, Brügg(e), Brüch
  - Plautdietsch: Brigj
Old Dutch: brugga
- Middle Dutch: brugge
  - Dutch: brug, Brugge
    - Afrikaans: brug
    - → Papiamentu: brùg
  - Limburgish: brögk
Old High German: brucca
- Middle High German: brucke, brücke
  - Alemannic German: Brugg
  - Bavarian: Bruck, Brugg
  - Central Franconian: Bröck, Breck
    Hunsrik: Brick
  - German: Brücke
  - Luxembourgish: Bréck
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Brick
  - Vilamovian: bryk
  - Yiddish: בריק‎ (brik)
Old Norse: bryggja
- Icelandic: bryggja
- Faroese: bryggja
- Norwegian: brygge, bryggje
- Old Swedish: bryggia
  - Swedish: brygga
- Danish: brygge
- Westrobothnian: bryyidj, breeidj
- → Middle English: brig, brigg, bryg, bregg
  - Scots: brig, brigg, breeg
    - → English: brig, brigg

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