Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bruþą

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰru(h₁)-to-m, from *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe; roil; brew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbru.θɑ̃/

Noun

*bruþą n

1. broth

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *bruþą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bruþą	*bruþō
vocative	*bruþą	*bruþō
accusative	*bruþą	*bruþō
genitive	*bruþas, *bruþis	*bruþǫ̂
dative	*bruþai	*bruþamaz
instrumental	*bruþō	*bruþamiz

Related terms

• *brewwaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *broþ
  • Old English: broþ
    • Middle English: broth
      • English: broth
        • → Scottish Gaelic: brot
      • Scots: broth
  • Old Saxon: broth
    • Middle Low German: brot
  • Old High German: brod, prod
    • Middle High German: brod
      • Cimbrian: bröode
      • German: Brod
      • Luxembourgish: Britt
  • → Late Latin: brodium (see there for further descendants)
  • → Vulgar Latin: *brodum (“broth, stew”)
    • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *brodiculāre (“to jumble together”)
      • Anglo-Norman: broiller
        • → Middle English: broilen
          • English: broil
          • Scots: brulyie
• Old Norse: broð
  • Icelandic: broð