Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/braudą

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

Disputed. Probably a conflation of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrewh₁- (to boil, seethe) (compare brew, broth) and Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (to pierce; to strike). According to Kroonen, however, derived from *brewwaną (to brew) directly.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

*braudą n[1]

  1. bread

Inflection edit

neuter a-stemDeclension of *braudą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *braudą *braudō
vocative *braudą *braudō
accusative *braudą *braudō
genitive *braudas, *braudis *braudǫ̂
dative *braudai *braudamaz
instrumental *braudō *braudamiz

Usage notes edit

According to Kluge, *hlaibaz probably referred to unleavened bread, whereas *braudą (sharing the root of *brewwaną (to brew)) was the more modern leavened bread.

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Kluge, F. and E. Seebold (2002), Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, 24., durchgesehene und erweiterte Auflage, bearbeitet von Elmar Seebold, (on CD-ROM), Berlin. Entry Laib.
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 715f
  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*brauda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 74