Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brunnjā

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 *brunjǭ.

Noun

*brunnjā f^[1]

chain mail

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*brunnjā
Genitive	*brunnjōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*brunnjā	*brunnjōn
Accusative	*brunnjōn	*brunnjōn
Genitive	*brunnjōn	*brunnjōnō
Dative	*brunnjōn	brunnjōm, brunnjum
Instrumental	*brunnjōn	brunnjōm, brunnjum

Descendants

Old English: byrne
- Middle English: burne
  - English: byrnie/brinie
Old Saxon: brunnia
Old High German: brunna, prunna, (dat.) prunni^[2]
- German: Brünne
→ Early Medieval Latin: brunia
- Old French: bronie
  - French: broigne

References

^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 52: “PWGmc *[brunʲnʲā]”
^ Schatz, Josef, 1871-1950 (1907), Altbairische Grammatik, Laut- und Flexionslehre (Grammatiken der althochdeutschen Dialekte; I. Band.) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, page 129: “Zum yä-Stamm brunjä Brünne sind belegt: Nom, Sing, prunna Gl 1,507,64. 2,730,41; dagegen Dat. prunni 1,556,28 und mit der Endung der schwachen Fem. Dat. Sing, prunun 4,222,43 (oder ist prunnu zu lesen?). Vergl. Prunihilt Salzb Vb 34,10, Prunhilt 28,7, Preis 438. 516. ― For the yä-stem *brunjä Brünne, the following are documented: Nom. Sing. prunna Gl 1,507,64. 2,730,41; however, Dat. prunni 1,556,28 and with the ending of the weak Fem. Dat. Sing. prunun 4,222,43 (or is prunnu to be read?). Compare Prunihilt Salzb Vb 34,10, Prunhilt 28,7, Price 438. 516.”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 52: “PWGmc *[brunʲnʲā]”

[2] Schatz, Josef, 1871-1950 (1907), Altbairische Grammatik, Laut- und Flexionslehre (Grammatiken der althochdeutschen Dialekte; I. Band.) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, page 129: “Zum yä-Stamm brunjä Brünne sind belegt: Nom, Sing, prunna Gl 1,507,64. 2,730,41; dagegen Dat. prunni 1,556,28 und mit der Endung der schwachen Fem. Dat. Sing, prunun 4,222,43 (oder ist prunnu zu lesen?). Vergl. Prunihilt Salzb Vb 34,10, Prunhilt 28,7, Preis 438. 516. ― For the yä-stem *brunjä Brünne, the following are documented: Nom. Sing. prunna Gl 1,507,64. 2,730,41; however, Dat. prunni 1,556,28 and with the ending of the weak Fem. Dat. Sing. prunun 4,222,43 (or is prunnu to be read?). Compare Prunihilt Salzb Vb 34,10, Prunhilt 28,7, Price 438. 516.”

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