Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brīw
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Unknown; possibly from Proto-Germanic *brīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréy-u-s ~ *bʰr̥y-éw-s, from *bʰr-ey-, from *bʰer- (“to boil”), cognate with Latin frīgō (“to roast”), Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati, “to roast”).[1]
Noun edit
*brīw m
Inflection edit
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *brīw | |
Genitive | *brīwas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *brīw | *brīwō, *brīwōs |
Accusative | *brīw | *brīwā |
Genitive | *brīwas | *brīwō |
Dative | *brīwē | *brīwum |
Instrumental | *brīwu | *brīwum |
Alternative reconstructions edit
- *brīu
Descendants edit
- Old English: brīw, brīu, brīġ, briiw, briiġ
- Old Frisian: *brī
- Old Saxon: brī
- Old Dutch: *brio, *brī
- Old High German: brīo, brī, brīwo
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Brei”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 104