Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brust

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 *brusts.

Noun

*brust f

1. breast, chest

   Synonym: *breust

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*brust
Genitive	*brusti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*brust	*brusti
Accusative	*brustu	*brusti
Genitive	*brusti	*brostō
Dative	*brusti	*brustum
Instrumental	*brusti	*brustum

Related terms

• *breust

Descendants

• Old Frisian: brust, burst, borst
  • North Frisian: borst
  • Saterland Frisian: Brust
  • West Frisian: boarst
• Old Saxon: brust
  • Middle Low German: brust, bruste, borst
    • German Low German: Borst, Bost
    • Plautdietsch: Brost
• Old Dutch: brust
  • Middle Dutch: borst
    • Dutch: borst
      • Afrikaans: bors
      • Negerhollands: borst, bos, borsje
      • → Sranan Tongo: borsu
    • Limburgish: bórs, bósj
• Old High German: brust
  • Middle High German: brust
    • German: Brust
    • Hunsrik: Brust
    • Luxembourgish: Broscht
    • Vilamovian: brust
    • Yiddish: ברוסט (brust)