Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/burstiz

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 earlier *bʰurstís, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥s-tí-s, from *bʰers- (“top, point”).

Noun

*burstiz f

1. bristle

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *burstiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*burstiz	*burstīz
vocative	*bursti	*burstīz
accusative	*burstį	*burstinz
genitive	*burstīz	*burstijǫ̂
dative	*burstī	*burstimaz
instrumental	*burstī	*burstimiz

Derived terms

• *burstilaz

Descendants

• Old English: byrst
  • Middle English: brust
  • ⇒ Old English: *byrstel
    • Middle English: brustel, bristel
      • English: bristle
• Old Frisian: *bōrstel
  • West Frisian: boarstel
• Old Saxon: *burstil
  • Middle Low German: borstel
    • Plautdietsch: Borschtel
• Old Dutch: *burst
• Old High German: burst, borst
  • Middle High German: burst, borst, burste, borste
    • Bavarian: Biaschtn
    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Berst

      Luxembourgish: Buuscht, Biischt

    • East Central German:

      Erzgebirgisch: bèrschd

    • German: Borste, Bürste
• Old Norse: burst
  • Icelandic: burst
  • Faroese: bust
  • Old Swedish: borst
    • Swedish: borst
      • Swedish: borste (perhaps influenced by German)
  • Danish: børste
• → Vulgar Latin: [Term?];*brustia, *bruscia (with *bruskaz, Icelandic brúskur)
  • Old French: broche, broisse
    • French: brosse
    • Picard: brouche
    • Walloon: brouche, broushe
    • → Middle English: brusshe
      • English: brush
    • → Galician: brocha
    • → Portuguese: brocha
    • → Spanish: brocha
      • → Catalan: brotxa
      • → Cebuano: brotsa
      • → Tagalog: brotsa
  • → Byzantine Greek: βρούτσα (broútsa), βούρτζα (boúrtza), βούρτσα (boúrtsa), βρούτζα (broútza)
    • Greek: βούρτσα (voúrtsa)
    • ⇒ Byzantine Greek: βρουτσίν (broutsín)
      • → Middle Armenian: վրձին (vrjin)
    • → Albanian: vurcë
    • → Bulgarian: ву̀рца (vùrca)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: فرچه‎ (fırça), فورچه (fırça, furça)
      • Turkish: fırça
      • → Arabic: فُرْشَة (furša)
      • → Armenian: ֆռչա (fṙčʻa)
      • → Bulgarian: ву́рча (vúrča), фу́рча (fúrča), фурча́ (furčá), фу́рца (fúrca)
      • → Persian: فرچه (ferče)