Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bremusī

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

Alternative forms

  • *brimusī, *brimsī

Noun

*bremusī f

  1. gadfly, horsefly
    Synonym: (North Germanic) *klajjô

Inflection

Declension of *bremusī (ī/jō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bremusī *bremusijôz
vocative *bremusī *bremusijôz
accusative *bremusijǭ *bremusijōz
genitive *bremusijōz *bremusijǫ̂
dative *bremusijōi *bremusijōmaz
instrumental *bremusijō *bremusijōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *bremussju
    • Old English: brimsa, brēosa
      • Middle English: brimse, brese
    • Old Saxon: brimissa
    • Old Dutch: *brimissa
    • Old High German: brimissa, brema
  • Old Norse: brims
    • Icelandic: brims
    • Norwegian: brems
    • Old Swedish: brims, bryms
      • Swedish: bröms, broms (influenced by dialectal bromma (“to hum”))
    • Old Danish: brims, brimse
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