Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brōþer

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 Proto-Germanic *brōþēr.

Noun

*brōþer m[1]

  1. brother

Inflection

R-stem
Singular
Nominative *brōþer
Genitive *brōþur
Singular Plural
Nominative *brōþer *brōþar
Accusative *brōþar *brōþar
Genitive *brōþur *brōþrō
Dative *brōþri *brōþrum
Instrumental *brōþri *brōþrum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*brōþer”
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