Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brigdil

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

Alternative forms

*brīdil

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brigdilaz. Equivalent to *bregdan (“to move back and forth, weave”) +‎ *-il.

Noun

*brigdil m

strap, rein
bridle

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*brigdil
Genitive	*brigdilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*brigdil	brigdilō, brigdilōs
Accusative	*brigdil	*brigdilā
Genitive	*brigdilas	*brigdilō
Dative	*brigdilē	*brigdilum
Instrumental	*brigdilu	*brigdilum

Derived terms

*brigdilōn

Descendants

Old English: brīdel, briġdel
- Middle English: bridel, bridell, bridil, bridill, bridle, brydel, brydul, brydyl, brydyll, brydylle
  - English: bridle
  - Scots: bridle
Old Frisian: brīdel
Old Saxon: briddil, *brīdil, *brigdil
- Middle Low German: breidel
  - Low German: Breidel
Old Dutch: *brīdil
- Middle Dutch: breydel, breidel
  - Dutch: breidel
    - Afrikaans: breidel
Old High German: brittil, priddil, prittil, *brīdil
- Middle High German: brîdel, brittel, britel
  - Cimbrian: brittel
  - German: Breidel; Britel, Brittel
  - → Old French: bride; bretel
    - Middle French: bride; bretelle
      - French: bride; bretelle
        → Dutch: bretel
    - → Occitan: brida
    - → Portuguese: brida
    - → Spanish: brida
- → Italian: predella
→ Italian: briglia
→ Old French: bridel