Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brūdiz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Unknown, apparently from a pre-Germanic *bʰruH- with no known cognates outside Germanic.[1] Perhaps a borrowing from a substrate word *brūd(i).[2] Kroonen notes the similar suffix in *magaþs/*magaþiz (“girl”), another word of unknown, probable substrate origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbruː.ðiz/

Noun

*brūdiz f[1]

  1. bride

Inflection

Declension of *brūdiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *brūdiz *brūdīz
vocative *brūdi *brūdīz
accusative *brūdį *brūdinz
genitive *brūdīz *brūdijǫ̂
dative *brūdī *brūdimaz
instrumental *brūdī *brūdimiz

Derived terms

  • *brūdǭ (“bundle of flax”)

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brūdi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 79
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bruid”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  3. ^ Rübekeil, Ludwig (2017–2018) “Chapter IX: Germanic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The dialectology of Germanic, page 990
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