Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brūdigumô

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 *brūdiz (“bride”) +‎ *gumô (“man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbruː.ði.ˌɣu.mɔːː/

Noun

*brūdigumô m

1. bridegroom, husband of the bride

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *brūdigumô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brūdigumô	*brūdigumaniz
vocative	*brūdigumô	*brūdigumaniz
accusative	*brūdigumanų	*brūdigumanunz
genitive	*brūdiguminiz	*brūdigumanǫ̂
dative	*brūdigumini	*brūdigumammaz
instrumental	*brūdiguminē	*brūdigumammiz

Descendants

• Old English: brȳdguma
  • Middle English: brydgrome, bridegome
    • Scots: bridegreem
    • English: bridegroom
• Old Frisian: brēdgoma, breidgoma
  • Saterland Frisian: Brüüdicham
  • West Frisian: breugeman
• Old Saxon: brūdigomo
  • Middle Low German: brūdegome
    • Low German: Brödigam, Brögam, Brüdigam, Brügam
    • Plautdietsch: Briegaum
• Old Dutch: brūdigomo
  • Middle Dutch: brudegōme
    • Dutch: bruidegom
• Old High German: brūtigomo
  • Middle High German: bruitegome
    • German: Bräutigam
• Old Norse: brúðgumi
  • Icelandic: brúðgumi
  • Faroese: brúðgummi, brúðgummur, brúðgommur, brúðgómur
  • Norwegian: brudgom
  • Old Swedish: bruþgumi, brūþgumi
    • Swedish: brudgum
  • Danish: brudgom
  • Gutnish: bräudgumme, bräugumme