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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *brutjô, from *brutōną (“to break, divide”) (whence Old Norse brytja (“to chop”), and Old English bryttian (“to divide into pieces”)) + *-jô. Equivalent to *brutōn (“to divide”) + *-jō. Cognate with Old Norse bryti (“steward, bailiff”).
Noun
*bruttjō m[1]
- divider, dispenser
Inflection
| Masculine an-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*bruttjō
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| Genitive
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*bruttjini, *bruttjan
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*bruttjō
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*bruttjan
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| Accusative
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*bruttjan
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*bruttjan
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| Genitive
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*bruttjini, *bruttjan
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*bruttjanō
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| Dative
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*bruttjini, *bruttjan
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*bruttjum
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| Instrumental
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*bruttjini, *bruttjan
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*bruttjum
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Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 223: “PWGmc *brutʲtʲō”
