Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bruttjō

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 *brutjô, from *brutōną (“to break, divide”) (whence Old Norse brytja (“to chop”), and Old English bryttian (“to divide into pieces”)) + *-jô. Equivalent to *brutōn (“to divide”) +‎ *-jō. Cognate with Old Norse bryti (“steward, bailiff”).

Noun

*bruttjō m^[1]

divider, dispenser

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bruttjō
Genitive	bruttjini, bruttjan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bruttjō	*bruttjan
Accusative	*bruttjan	*bruttjan
Genitive	bruttjini, bruttjan	*bruttjanō
Dative	bruttjini, bruttjan	*bruttjum
Instrumental	bruttjini, bruttjan	*bruttjum

Descendants

Old English: brytta

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 223: “PWGmc *brutʲtʲō”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 223: “PWGmc *brutʲtʲō”

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