Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/prattuz

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

Perhaps from pre-Germanic *brod-nú-, from Proto-Indo-European *bred- (“to wander about”). Compare Proto-Slavic *brъditi and Latvian bradāt, both meaning “to talk nonsense”. More at prate, prattle.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈprɑt.tuz/

Noun

*prattuz m

boastful talk
deceit, trickery, stratagem, list, cunning

Inflection

Declension of *prattuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*prattuz	*prattiwiz
vocative	*prattu	*prattiwiz
accusative	*prattų	*prattunz
genitive	*prattauz	*prattiwǫ̂
dative	*prattiwi	*prattumaz
instrumental	*prattū	*prattumiz

Derived terms

*prattugaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *prattu
- Old English: prætt, præt
  - Middle English: præt, pret
    - Scots: pratt, prat, prate, pret
    - English: prat
- Old Frisian: *prat
  - Saterland Frisian: prat, pret
  - West Frisian: pret
- Old Saxon: *pratt, *prett
  - Middle Low German: pratte
    - Low German: prat, prot
- Old Dutch: *pratt, *prett
  - Middle Dutch: pratte, prat, parte, perte, pert
    - Dutch: prat, pret, part
Old Norse: prettr
- Icelandic: prettur
- Faroese: pret n
- Norwegian: prette
- → Scots: prettikin, prattick