Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brusts

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrus-sth₂-o, related to and in mostly complementary distribution with *breustą (“breast, chest”); see there for more.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*brusts f[1]

  1. breast, chest

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension 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

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*brust-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
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