Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brōduz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brōduz

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

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

• *brōdijaną

Related terms

• *brēdaną

Descendants

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

• Old English: brōd
  • Middle English: brod, brood
    • English: brood
    • Scots: brude, brod, brodd, brode
• Old Frisian: *brōd
  • Saterland Frisian: Broud
  • West Frisian: broed
• Old Saxon: *brōd
  • Middle Low German: brôt
    • (German Low German: Bröddsel)
• Old Dutch: *bruot
  • Middle Dutch: broet
    • Dutch: broed
• Old High German: bruot, pruot
  • Middle High German: bruot, pruot
    • German: Brut

References

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