Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brust

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 *brusts.

Noun

*brust f

breast, chest
Synonym: *breust

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*brust
Genitive	*brusti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*brust	*brusti
Accusative	*brustu	*brusti
Genitive	*brusti	*brostō
Dative	*brusti	*brustum
Instrumental	*brusti	*brustum

Related terms

*breust

Descendants

Old Frisian: brust, burst, borst
- North Frisian: borst
- Saterland Frisian: Brust
- West Frisian: boarst
Old Saxon: brust
- Middle Low German: brust, bruste, borst
  - German Low German: Borst, Bost
  - Plautdietsch: Brost
Old Dutch: brust
- Middle Dutch: borst
  - Dutch: borst
    - Afrikaans: bors
    - Negerhollands: borst, bos, borsje
    - → Sranan Tongo: borsu
  - Limburgish: bórs, bósj
Old High German: brust
- Middle High German: brust
  - German: Brust
  - Hunsrik: Brust
  - Luxembourgish: Broscht
  - Vilamovian: brust
  - Yiddish: ברוסט (brust)