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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ.

Noun edit

*brunnjā f[1]

  1. chain mail

Inflection edit

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 edit

  • Old English: byrne
  • Old Saxon: brunnia
  • Old High German: brunnja, brunna
  • Early Medieval Latin: brunia

References edit

  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]