Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brusts

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 *bʰrus-sth₂-o, related to and in mostly complementary distribution with *breustą (“breast, chest”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /brusts/

Noun

*brusts f

breast, chest

Inflection

Declension of *brusts (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brusts	*brustiz
vocative	*brust	*brustiz
accusative	*brustų	*brustunz
genitive	*brustiz	*brustǫ̂
dative	*brusti	*brustumaz
instrumental	*brustē	*brustumiz

Synonyms

*breustą

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *brust
- 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)
Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 (brusts)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brust-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brust-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80