Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/abruttjā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *abrotā (“southernwood”) +‎ *-jā (agent suffix).

Noun

*abruttjā f

1. southernwood

   Synonyms: *abrūtā, *stabawurti

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*abruttjā
Genitive	*abruttjōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*abruttjā	*abruttjōn
Accusative	*abruttjōn	*abruttjōn
Genitive	*abruttjōn	*abruttjōnō
Dative	*abruttjōn	*abruttjōm, *abruttjum
Instrumental	*abruttjōn	*abruttjōm, *abruttjum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *avarattia, *avaratta
  • Middle Low German: ēverritte, ēveritte, eferith, everete
    • German Low German: Ewerittken
• Old High German: abrizza, ebareiza
  • Middle High German: ebereize, eberitz
    • German: Eberreis, Eberitz

Further reading

• Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Eberesche; Eberraute”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 164
• Hellquist, Elof (1922) “åbrodd”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 1192