Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brutą

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

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewd- (“to cut, break”).

Noun

*brutą n

that which is broken off (e.g. piece, fragment, etc.)
that which breaks forth (e.g. sprout, bud, etc.)

Inflection

Declension of *brutą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brutą	*brutō
vocative	*brutą	*brutō
accusative	*brutą	*brutō
genitive	brutas, brutis	*brutǫ̂
dative	*brutai	*brutamaz
instrumental	*brutō	*brutamiz

Related terms

*breutaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *brot
- Old English: *brot
  - Middle English: *brot
    - >? English: brot (“rag”) (dialectal)
    - >? Scots: brot, brat (“rag, apron”) (alternatively from Scottish Gaelic brat (“veil, cloak, mantle”))
- Old Saxon: *brot
  - >? Middle Low German: brot (“altar-curtain”)
- Old High German: broz
  - Middle High German: broz
    - German: Bross
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *gabrot
  - Old English: ġebrot
  - Old High German: gibroz
Old Norse: brot
- Icelandic: brot
- Faroese: brot
- Norwegian Nynorsk: brot