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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brunsti
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *brunstiz (“burning”).[1] Equivalent to *brinnan (“to burn”) + *-þi
Noun
*brunsti f
- burning, heat
Inflection
i-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *brunsti | |
Genitive | *brunstī | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *brunsti | *brunstī |
Accusative | *brunsti | *brunstī |
Genitive | *brunstī | *brunstijō |
Dative | *brunstī | *brunstim |
Instrumental | *brunstī | *brunstim |
Descendants
- Old Saxon: *brunst
- Middle Low German: brunst
- Old Dutch: *brunst
- Middle Dutch: brunst, bronst
- Dutch: bronst
- Middle Dutch: brunst, bronst
- Old High German: brunst
- Middle High German: brunst
- Alemannic German: Brunscht
- German: Brunst
- Middle High German: brunst
References
- Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “bronst”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press