Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bruzdaz

This Proto-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-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

A zero-grade variant of *brazdaz (“edge, brim”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰros-dʰ(h₁)-o-, from the root *bʰers- (“top, point”).^[1] Cognate with Old Irish brot (“goad, spike”).^[2]

May be (along with related terms) from an original n-stem *brezdô ~ *burzdiniz, in view of the ablaut.^[3]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbruz.dɑz/

Noun edit

*bruzdaz m^[1]

point, spike, thorn

Inflection edit

masculine a-stemDeclension of *bruzdaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bruzdaz	bruzdōz, bruzdōs
vocative	*bruzd	bruzdōz, bruzdōs
accusative	*bruzdą	*bruzdanz
genitive	bruzdas, bruzdis	*bruzdǫ̂
dative	*bruzdai	*bruzdamaz
instrumental	*bruzdō	*bruzdamiz

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

*barzdą (“edge, prow”), ? *bar(z)daz (“beard”)
*brezdô ~ *brezdaz (“edge, side”)
*bur(z)dą, *bredą (“edge; board, plank”)^[3]
? *bur(z)dô^[3]
- Proto-West Germanic: *bor(ʀ)dō
- Old Norse: borði (“tapestry”)
  - Icelandic: borði

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *broʀd
- Old English: brord
  - Middle English: brodd (partly)
    - English: brod
- Old Saxon: brord
- Old High German: brort, prort
  - Middle High German: brort
    - German: Brort
Old Norse: broddr
- Icelandic: broddur
- Faroese: broddur
- → Middle English: brodd, brod, brad (partly)
  - English: brod, brad
- Norwegian: brodd (“tip, shoot; elk hair; sting, stinger”), brodde
- Old Swedish: brodder
  - Swedish: brodd
- Danish: brod

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bruzda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brazda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 74
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Kroonen, Guus (2011) “*brezdo, *burzdeni ‘edge, board’”, in The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 149: “*bruzda(n)-”