Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bragną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mrogʰnom, possibly a thematicized form of original *mrégʰmn̥ (whence Ancient Greek βρέχμα (brékhma, “brainpan”)), from the root *mregʰ- (“marrow, sinciput”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbrɑɣ.nɑ̃/

Noun

*bragną n^[1]

brain

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *bragną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bragną	*bragnō
vocative	*bragną	*bragnō
accusative	*bragną	*bragnō
genitive	bragnas, bragnis	*bragnǫ̂
dative	*bragnai	*bragnamaz
instrumental	*bragnō	*bragnamiz

Synonyms

*hirzniją

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *bragn
- Old English: bræġn, bræġen
  - Middle English: brayn, brayne, brain
    - Scots: brane, braine
    - English: brain
- Old Frisian: *brein
  - North Frisian: brayen, brein
    Sylt: Brain
  - Saterland Frisian: Bräienge, Brainge
  - West Frisian: brein
- Old Saxon: *bragan, *bregin
  - Middle Low German: bregen
    - Low German: Brägen, Bregen
    - Plautdietsch: Bräajen
    - → German: Brägen, Bregen
- Old Dutch: *bragan, *bregin
  - Middle Dutch: bragen, bregen, breyn
    - Dutch: brein

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bragna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 73

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bragna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 73

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