Reconstruction:Old Dutch/bret
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This Old Dutch 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. |
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *braid.
Adjective
Inflection
Declension of *brēt (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
| nominative | *brēt | *brēt | *brēt | *brēda, *brēde | ||
| accusative | *brēdan, *brēden | *brēda | *brēt | *brēda, *brēde | ||
| genitive | *brēdes | *brēdero | *brēdes | *brēdero | ||
| dative | *brēdin, *brēdemo | *brēdero | *brēdin, *brēdemo | *brēdon | ||
| weak declension | ||||||
| case | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
| nominative | *brēdo | *brēda | *brēda | *brēdon | ||
| accusative | *brēdon | *brēdon | *brēda | *brēdon | ||
| genitive | *brēdin | *brēdon | *brēdin | *brēdono | ||
| dative | *brēdin | *brēdon | *brēdin | *brēdon | ||
Alternative forms
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: brêet
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “breed”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
- ^ “brēt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012