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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
An e-grade variant of *burdą (“board; edge”). Kroonen prefers to reconstruct the term as *brezdaz, and notes that the loss of the first *-z- in the Old High German form may be via dissimilation in the plural form, *brertira (< *brezd-izō).[1]
Noun
*bredą n
- board, plank, shelf
Inflection
Declension of *bredą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*bredą
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*bredō
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| vocative
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*bredą
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*bredō
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| accusative
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*bredą
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*bredō
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| genitive
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*bredas, *bridis
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*bredǫ̂
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| dative
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*bredai
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*bredamaz
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| instrumental
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*bredō
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*bredamiz
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Derived terms
- *bridjaz (“perch-ling, roost-ling”) (possibly)
- Proto-West Germanic: *bridi
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *bred
- Old English: bred
- Old Frisian: *bred
- Saterland Frisian: Brääd
- West Frisian: bret
- Old Saxon: bred
- Old Dutch: *bred
- Old High German: bret
- Middle High German: bret
- German: Brett
- Vilamovian: braot
- Yiddish: ברעט (bret)
- Old Norse: *bræddi
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brezda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77