Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brūdiz

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

Unknown. Perhaps a borrowing from a substrate word *bhrūdh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbruː.ðiz/

Noun

*brūdiz f

1. bride

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *brūdiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brūdiz	*brūdīz
vocative	*brūdi	*brūdīz
accusative	*brūdį	*brūdinz
genitive	*brūdīz	*brūdijǫ̂
dative	*brūdī	*brūdimaz
instrumental	*brūdī	*brūdimiz

Derived terms

• *brūdigumô
• *brūdihlaupą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *brūdi
  • Old English: brȳd
    • Middle English: bride, brid, bryd, bryde, brude
      • English: bride
      • Scots: bride
      • Yola: breede
  • Old Frisian: brēd, breid
    • Saterland Frisian: Bräid
    • West Frisian: breid
  • Old Saxon: brūd
    • Middle Low German: brûde, brût
      • German Low German: Bruut
  • Old Dutch: *brūd
    • Middle Dutch: bruut
      • Dutch: bruid
        • Afrikaans: bruid
        • Negerhollands: bruid
        • → Papiamentu: brùit, breit, breid
  • Old High German: brūt, prut
    • Middle High German: brūt
      • Alemannic German: Bruut
      • Central Franconian: Brock, Brout, Bruut, Bruck

        Hunsrik: praut

      • German: Braut
      • Luxembourgish: Braut
      • → Friulian: brût
      • → Old French: bruy
        • French: bru
  • → Old French: bru, brut
    • French: bru
• Proto-Norse:
  • Old Norse: brúðr
    • Icelandic: brúður
    • Faroese: brúður
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: brud, brur
    • Norwegian Bokmål: brud
    • Jamtish: brúðr
    • Old Swedish: brūþ, ᛒᚱᚢᚦ
      • Swedish: brud
    • Danish: brud
    • Old Gutnish: bruþ (accusative singular)
      • Gutnish: braud, bräud
• Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (brūþs)
• → Latin: bruta, brutes