Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brūdigumô

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

Etymology

From *brūdiz (“bride”) +‎ *gumô (“man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbruː.ði.ˌɣu.mɔːː/

Noun

*brūdigumô m

1. bridegroom, husband of the bride

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *brūdigumô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brūdigumô	*brūdigumaniz
vocative	*brūdigumô	*brūdigumaniz
accusative	*brūdigumanų	*brūdigumanunz
genitive	*brūdiguminiz	*brūdigumanǫ̂
dative	*brūdigumini	*brūdigumammaz
instrumental	*brūdiguminē	*brūdigumammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *brūdigumō
  • Old English: brydguma
    • Middle English: bridegome, bredgome, bridegoome, bridgom, bridgume, brudgume, brydegome, bryd-gome, brydgrome
      • English: bridegroom
      • Scots: bridegreem
      • Yola: breedegroom
  • Old Frisian: brēdgoma, breidgoma
    • Saterland Frisian: Brüüdicham
    • West Frisian: breugeman
  • Old Saxon: brūdigumo, brūdigomo
    • Middle Low German: brûdegam, brȫdegam
      • German Low German: Brödigam, Brögam, Brüdigam, Brügam
      • Plautdietsch: Briegaum
  • Old Dutch: brūdigomo
    • Middle Dutch: brudegōme
      • Dutch: bruidegom
  • Old High German: brūtigomo
    • Middle High German: brûtegoum, briutegome
      • German: Bräutigam
• Proto-Norse:
  • Old Norse: brúðgumi
    • Danish: brudgom
    • Faroese: brúðgummi, brúðgummur, brúðgommur, brúðgómur
    • Gutnish: bräudgumme, bräugumme
    • Icelandic: brúðgumi
    • Norwegian:

      Norwegian Bokmål: brudgom

      Norwegian Nynorsk: brudgom

    • Old Swedish: brūþgumi
      • Swedish: brudgum