Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brugjǭ

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

Of uncertain origin.

Kroonen takes the word from the genitive of a pre-Germanic formation *brug-, from an earlier *bru(w)ī with velarization of the *-w- to a *-g-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰruH-íh₂-, itself an ih₂-stem nominal formation from the root of *h₃bʰrúHs (“eyebrow”), owing to the similar shapes of bridges and brows.

The North Germanic forms, represented by Old Norse bryggja, stem from the original genitive of *h₃bʰruH-íh₂-, *h₃bʰruH-iéh₂-s. This latter formation became *brujjōz in Proto-Germanic, via Dybo's law and Holtzmann's law, like in *ajją.[1]

An alternate theory by Matasovic derives the root from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰerh₁w-, from a root *bʰrewh₁- (“wooden flooring, decking, bridge”), comparing Gaulish brīuā.[2] Whether a relation exists between *bʰrewh₁- and *h₃bʰrúHs is unclear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbruɣ.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*brugjǭ f

  1. bridge

Inflection

Declension of *brugjǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *brugjǭ *brugjōniz
vocative *brugjǭ *brugjōniz
accusative *brugjōnų *brugjōnunz
genitive *brugjōniz *brugjōnǫ̂
dative *brugjōni *brugjōmaz
instrumental *brugjōnē *brugjōmiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bru(w)ī- ~ *brujjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*briwā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 79
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