Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brunjǭ

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

Perhaps borrowed from an early form of Old Irish bruinne (“breast, bosom, chest”), from Proto-Celtic *brusnyos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbrun.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*brunjǭ f

breastplate

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *brunjǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brunjǭ	*brunjōniz
vocative	*brunjǭ	*brunjōniz
accusative	*brunjōnų	*brunjōnunz
genitive	*brunjōniz	*brunjōnǫ̂
dative	*brunjōni	*brunjōmaz
instrumental	*brunjōnē	*brunjōmiz

Derived terms

*Brunjōhildiz

Descendants

Old English: byrne
- Middle English: burne
Old Saxon: brunnia
Frankish: *brunnia
- → Old French: bronie
  - French: broigne
Old High German: brunja
- German: Brünne
Old Norse: brynja
- Icelandic: brynja
- Faroese: brynja
- Norwegian: brynja, brynje
- Old Swedish: brynia, brønia
  - Swedish: brynja
- Danish: brynje
- → Middle English: brinie
  - English: byrnie
  - Scots: byrnie
Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 (brunjō)
- → Slavic: *brъnja (possibly from Low German instead)
  - Old Church Slavonic: брънѩ (brŭnję)
    - Bulgarian: броня́ (bronjá)
  - Old East Slavic: бръня (brŭnja)
    - Russian: броня́ (bronjá)

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