bridd

Old English edit

Alternative forms edit

brid, bird

Etymology edit

Unknown; the word appears to be exclusive to Old English and lacks cognates in any other Germanic languages. Liberman notes that dozens of origins have been both suggested and rejected, leaving its original meaning and etymology a mystery.^[1] It might possibly be from a non-Indo-European substrate.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bridd/, [brid]

Noun edit

bridd m

chick (baby bird)
chicken

Declension edit

Declension of bridd (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bridd	briddas
accusative	bridd	briddas
genitive	briddes	bridda
dative	bridde	briddum

Descendants edit

Middle English: brid, bryd, bridde
- English: bird
- Scots: byrd, bird

References edit

^ An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction. (n.d.). United Kingdom: U of Minnesota Press, p. 9-13

Welsh edit

Noun edit

bridd m

Soft mutation of pridd.

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pridd	bridd	mhridd	phridd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

[1] An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction. (n.d.). United Kingdom: U of Minnesota Press, p. 9-13

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