Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bruzdaz
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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
A zero-grade variant of *brazdaz (“edge, brim”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰros-dʰ(h₁)-o-, from the root *bʰers- (“top, point”).[1] Cognate with Old Irish brot (“goad, spike”).[2]
May be (along with related terms) from an original n-stem *brezdô ~ *burzdiniz, in view of the ablaut.[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
*bruzdaz m[1]
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *bruzdaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *bruzdaz | *bruzdōz, *bruzdōs | |
| vocative | *bruzd | *bruzdōz, *bruzdōs | |
| accusative | *bruzdą | *bruzdanz | |
| genitive | *bruzdas, *bruzdis | *bruzdǫ̂ | |
| dative | *bruzdai | *bruzdamaz | |
| instrumental | *bruzdō | *bruzdamiz | |
Derived terms
Related terms
- *barzdą (“edge, prow”), ? *bar(z)daz (“beard”)
- *brezdô ~ *brezdaz (“edge, side”)
- *bur(z)dą, *bredą (“edge; board, plank”)[3]
- ? *bur(z)dô[3]
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bruzda-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*brazda-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 74
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kroonen, Guus (2011) “*brezdo, *burzdeni ‘edge, board’”, in The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 149: “*bruzda(n)-”
Further reading
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.