Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/abrūtā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Corrupted from earlier *abrotā under the influence of *rūtā (“rue (bitter herb)”), borrowed from Vulgar Latin *abrota (“southernwood”) (compare cognate Old French abrote), from Latin abrotonum, abrotanum.[1][2][3]

Noun

*abrūtā f

southernwood
Synonyms: *abruttjā, *stabawurti

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*abrūtā
Genitive	*abrūtōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*abrūtā	*abrūtōn
Accusative	*abrūtōn	*abrūtōn
Genitive	*abrūtōn	*abrūtōnō
Dative	*abrūtōn	*abrūtōm
Instrumental	*abrūtōn	*abrūtōm

Alternative reconstuctions

*abrotā

Derived terms

*abruttjā

Descendants

Old Saxon: afreta, avarata
- Middle Low German: afrūde, aberrūde, afrūte, averrūde, ēverrūde, ēverūde, ēverūth
  - German Low German: Hawerut, Häweriut
Old Dutch: *avarūta
- Middle Dutch: averûde, averûte
  - Dutch: averuit
Old High German: afaruza, avaruza, abruta, *abarūta
- Middle High German: aberrūte, abrūte
  - German: Eberraute, Aberraute, Afrusch
  - → Hungarian: ebruta

References

Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Eberesche; Eberraute”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 164
Hellquist, Elof (1922), “åbrodd”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 1192
de Vries, Jan (1971), “averoon”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Eberesche; Eberraute”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 164

[2] Hellquist, Elof (1922), “åbrodd”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 1192

[3] Vries, Jan (1971), “averoon”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN