From Middle Dutch brein, next to the more common bragen, bregen, from Old Dutch *bragan, *bregin, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną.
Cognate with West Frisian brein, Low German Bregen, Brägen, English brain.
brein n (plural breinen, diminutive breintje n)
From Old Irish brú, broinn (“abdomen, belly; bowels, entrails; womb”).
brein f (genitive singular breinney)
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| brein | vrein | mrein |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
brein
brein (nominative plural breins)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | brein | breins |
| genitive | breina | breinas |
| dative | breine | breines |
| accusative | breini | breinis |
| vocative 1 | o brein! | o breins! |
| predicative 2 | breinu | breinus |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
From Old Frisian brein, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną.
brein n (plural breinen)
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brīnijaz, *brīnaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mriHnós, from *móri.
brein n (no plural)