Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brunnô

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 *bʰrun- (“a bubbling forth; a fountain, wellspring, source”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrew- (“to well up, bubble, seethe”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to well up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrun.nɔːː/

Noun

*brunnô m

1. source; wellspring; fountain
2. brook; stream; bourn

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *brunnô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brunnô	*brunnaniz
vocative	*brunnô	*brunnaniz
accusative	*brunnanų	*brunnanunz
genitive	*brunniniz	*brunnanǫ̂
dative	*brunnini	*brunnammaz
instrumental	*brunninē	*brunnammiz

Related terms

• *brunō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *brunnō
  • Old English: burna
    • Middle English: burne, bourne
      • English: bourn, burn
      • Scots: burn
  • Old Frisian: burna
    • West Frisian: bearne, boarne
  • Old Saxon: brunno, borno
    • Middle Low German: borne, born
      • Low German: Born
      • → German: Born
  • Old Dutch: brunno
    • Middle Dutch: borne
      • Dutch: bron
        • Afrikaans: bron
  • Old High German: brunno
    • Middle High German: brunne
      • Bavarian:

        Cimbrian: prunn

        Mòcheno: prunn

      • Central Franconian:

        Luxembourgish: Buer, Bur

        Hunsrik: Brunne

      • German: Brunnen (Bronnen, Brunne, Bronne, Brunn)
      • Rhine Franconian: Brunne
      • Yiddish: ברונעם (brunem), ברונע (brune), ברונען (brunen)
• Old Norse: brunnr, bruðr
  • Icelandic: brunnur
  • Faroese: brunnur
  • Norwegian: brønn
  • , ,
  • Old Swedish: brunder, brynder
    • Swedish: brunn
  • Danish: brønd
  • → Scots: broonie; brin
• Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰 (brunna)
• Crimean Gothic: brunna