Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brukiz

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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

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

A secondary formation to the more primary *brēkiz, probably under influence of the noun. Derived from *brekaną (to break).

Adjective

*brukiz(West Germanic)

  1. breakable, fragile, frail
Inflection


Descendants
  • Old English: bryċe

Etymology 2

Derived from *brekaną (to break).[1]

Noun

*brukiz m

  1. breach, fissure, breaking
Inflection
i-stemDeclension of *brukiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *brukiz *brukīz
vocative *bruki *brukīz
accusative *brukį *brukinz
genitive *brukīz *brukjǫ̂
dative *brukī *brukimaz
instrumental *brukī *brukimiz
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bruki-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 79