Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brunnjā
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ.
Noun
[edit]*brunnjā f[1]
Inflection
[edit]| ōn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *brunnjā | |
| Genitive | *brunnjōn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *brunnjā | *brunnjōn |
| Accusative | *brunnjōn | *brunnjōn |
| Genitive | *brunnjōn | *brunnjōnō |
| Dative | *brunnjōn | *brunnjōm, *brunnjum |
| Instrumental | *brunnjōn | *brunnjōm, *brunnjum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: byrne
- Old Saxon: brunnia
- Old High German: brunnja, brunna
- German: Brünne
- → Early Medieval Latin: brunia
References
[edit]- ^ 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]”