Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brūdi

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 Proto-Germanic *brūdiz.

Noun

*brūdi f

1. bride

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*brūdi
Genitive	*brūdī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*brūdi	*brūdī
Accusative	*brūdi	*brūdī
Genitive	*brūdī	*brūdijō
Dative	*brūdī	*brūdim, *brūdijum
Instrumental	*brūdī	*brūdim, *brūdijum

Derived terms

• *brūdilīk

Descendants

• Old English: brȳd
  • Middle English: bride, brid, bryd, bryde, brud, brude (Southern, West Midlands)
    • English: bride
    • Scots: bride
    • Yola: breede
• Old Frisian: brēd, breid
  • Saterland Frisian: Bräid
  • West Frisian: breid
• Old Saxon: brūd
  • Middle Low German: brûde, brût
    • German Low German: Bruut
• Old Dutch: *brūd
  • Middle Dutch: bruut
    • Dutch: bruid
      • Afrikaans: bruid
      • Negerhollands: bruid
      • → Papiamentu: brùit, breit, breid
• Old High German: brūt, prut
  • Middle High German: brūt
    • Alemannic German: Bruut
    • Central Franconian: Brock, Brout, Bruut, Bruck

      Hunsrik: praut

    • German: Braut
    • Luxembourgish: Braut
    • → Friulian: brût
    • → Old French: bruy
      • French: bru
• → Old French: bru, brut
  • French: bru