Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bruzdaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

A zero-grade variant of *brazdaz (“edge, brim”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰros-dʰ(h₁)-o-, from the root *bʰers- (“top, point”).[1] Cognate with Old Irish brot (“goad, spike”).[2]

May be (along with related terms) from an original n-stem *brezdô ~ *burzdiniz, in view of the ablaut.[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbruz.dɑz/

Noun

*bruzdaz m[1]

point, spike, thorn

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *bruzdaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bruzdaz	bruzdōz, bruzdōs
vocative	*bruzd	bruzdōz, bruzdōs
accusative	*bruzdą	*bruzdanz
genitive	bruzdas, bruzdis	*bruzdǫ̂
dative	*bruzdai	*bruzdamaz
instrumental	*bruzdō	*bruzdamiz

Derived terms

*bruzdijaną
*bruzdōną

Related terms

*barzdą (“edge, prow”), ? *bar(z)daz (“beard”)
*brezdô ~ *brezdaz (“edge, side”)
*bur(z)dą, *bredą (“edge; board, plank”)[3]
? *bur(z)dô[3]
- Proto-West Germanic: *bor(ʀ)dō
- Old Norse: borði (“tapestry”)
  - Icelandic: borði

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *broʀd
- Old English: brord
  - Middle English: brodd (partly)
    - English: brod
- Old Saxon: brord
- Old High German: brort, prort
  - Middle High German: brort
    - German: Brort
Old Norse: broddr
- Icelandic: broddur
- Faroese: broddur
- → Middle English: brodd, brod, brad (partly)
  - English: brod, brad
- Norwegian: brodd (“tip, shoot; elk hair; sting, stinger”), brodde
- Old Swedish: brodder
  - Swedish: brodd
- Danish: brod

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*bruzda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*brazda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 74
Kroonen, Guus (2011), “*brezdo, *burzdeni ‘edge, board’”, in The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, § 9. The evidence, page 149: “*bruzda(n)-”