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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brunnjā
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ.
Noun
*brunnjā f[1]
- chainmail shirt
Inflection
ōn-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *brunnjā | |
Genitive | *brunnjōn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *brunnjā | *brunnjōn |
Accusative | *brunnjōn | *brunnjōn |
Genitive | *brunnjōn | *brunnjōnō |
Dative | *brunnjōn | *brunnjōm |
Instrumental | *brunnjōn | *brunnjōm |
Descendants
- Old English: byrne
- Middle English: burne
- Old Saxon: brunnia
- Old High German: brunja
- German: Brünne
- → Old French: bronie
- French: broigne
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 52: “PWGmc *[brunʲnʲā]”