Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brāþi

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *brāan (“to smoke, fume; to smell”) +‎ *-þi.[1]

Noun

*brāþi m

  1. vapour, steam
  2. (Anglo-Frisian) odour, smell
  3. (Anglo-Frisian) breath

Inflection

i-stem
Singular
Nominative *brāþi
Genitive *brāþī
Singular Plural
Nominative *brāþi *brāþī
Accusative *brāþi *brāþī
Genitive *brāþī *brāþijō
Dative *brāþī *brāþim, *brāþijum
Instrumental *brāþī *brāþim, *brāþijum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: brǣþ
    • Middle English: breeth, breað, braþe, breth, breith
      • English: breath
      • Scots: breth, brethe, breith

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brēan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 74–75: “*brēþi-”
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