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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brahtm
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
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Noun
*brahtm m[1]
- noise, racket
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *brahtm | |
Genitive | *brahtmas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *brahtm | *brahtmō, *brahtmōs |
Accusative | *brahtm | *brahtmā |
Genitive | *brahtmas | *brahtmō |
Dative | *brahtmē | *brahtmum |
Instrumental | *brahtmu | *brahtmum |
Descendants
- Old English: breahtm, bearhtm, byrhtm
- Old Saxon: brahtum
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 312: “(post-)PWGmc *brahtm”