Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bruzdaz

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

A zero-grade variant of *brazdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérstis, from *bʰers- (“top, point”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbruz.dɑz/

Noun

*bruzdaz m

1. point, spike, thorn

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *bruzdaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bruzdaz	*bruzdōz, *bruzdōs
vocative	*bruzd	*bruzdōz, *bruzdōs
accusative	*bruzdą	*bruzdanz
genitive	*bruzdas, *bruzdis	*bruzdǫ̂
dative	*bruzdai	*bruzdamaz
instrumental	*bruzdō	*bruzdamiz

Derived terms

• *bruzdijaną
• *bruzdōną

Related terms

• *brezdaz

Descendants

• Old English: brord
  • Middle English: brodd
• Old Saxon: brord
• Old Dutch: *brord
  • Middle Dutch: *brort, *broort
    • (Dutch: boort (absorbing senses of the earlier word))
• Old High German: brort, prort
  • Middle High German: brort
    • German: Brort
• Old Norse: broddr
  • Icelandic: broddur
  • Faroese: broddur
  • Norwegian: brodd
  • Old Swedish: brodder
    • Swedish: brodd
  • Danish: brod

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.