Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/broþ

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 *bruþą.

Noun

*broþ n

broth

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*broþ
Genitive	*broþas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*broþ	*broþu
Accusative	*broþ	*broþu
Genitive	*broþas	*broþō
Dative	*broþē	*broþum
Instrumental	*broþu	*broþum

Descendants

Old English: broþ
- Middle English: broth
  - English: broth
    - → Scottish Gaelic: brot
  - Scots: broth
Old Saxon: broth
- Middle Low German: brot
Old Dutch: *brod
- >? Middle Dutch: bruud, bruyd (“slop from pots; liquid manure”)
Old High German: brod, prod
- Middle High German: brod
  - Cimbrian: bröode
  - German: Brod
  - Luxembourgish: Britt
→ Late Latin: brodium (see there for further descendants)
→ Vulgar Latin: *brodum (“broth, stew”)
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *brodiculāre (“to jumble together”)
  - Anglo-Norman: broiller
    - → Middle English: broilen
      - English: broil
      - Scots: brulyie