Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brinkaz

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 *bʰren- (“project”) . Compare Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbriŋ.kɑz/

Noun

*brinkaz m

1. hill
2. edge (of land)

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *brinkaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brinkaz	*brinkōz, *brinkōs
vocative	*brink	*brinkōz, *brinkōs
accusative	*brinką	*brinkanz
genitive	*brinkas, *brinkis	*brinkǫ̂
dative	*brinkai	*brinkamaz
instrumental	*brinkō	*brinkamiz

Related terms

• *bringǭ
• *brinkǭ

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *brink
  • Saterland Frisian: Brink
  • West Frisian: brink
• Old Saxon: *brink
  • Middle Low German: brink
    • German Low German: Brink
      • → German: Brink
    • → Danish: brink
    • → Middle English: brinke (also from Old Norse *brenka, *brinka; see below)
    • → Swedish: brink
• Old Dutch: brink
  • Middle Dutch: brinc
    • Dutch: brink
• Old High German:
  • ⇒ German: Brunkel (dialectal)
• Old Norse: *brenka, *brinka, brekka, *brenka
  • Icelandic: brekka
  • Faroese: brekka
  • Norwegian: brekke
  • Swedish: bräkka, brikka
  • → Middle English: brinke, brynke, brenk, brink, brynkke, brynk, brenke, bryncke (also from Middle Low German brink)
    • English: brink
    • Scots: brink