bristl

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *burstilu, diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís.

Noun

bristl f

1. a bristle

   Synonym: byrst

Descendants

• Middle English: brustel, bristil, bristel
  • English: bristle
  • Scots: brustle, bristle, brissle

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “bristl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.