Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brusts

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 *bʰrews- (“to swell, blow, inflate”). Cognate with *breustą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brusts/

Noun

*brusts f

1. breast, chest

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *brusts (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brusts	*brustiz
vocative	*brust	*brustiz
accusative	*brustų	*brustunz
genitive	*brustiz	*brustǫ̂
dative	*brusti	*brustumaz
instrumental	*brustē	*brustumiz

Synonyms

• *breustą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *brust
  • Old Frisian: brust, burst, borst
    • North Frisian: borst
    • Saterland Frisian: Brust
    • West Frisian: boarst
  • Old Saxon: brust
    • Middle Low German: brust, bruste, borst
      • German Low German: Borst, Bost
      • Plautdietsch: Brost
  • Old Dutch: *brust
    • Middle Dutch: borst
      • Dutch: borst
  • Old High German: brust
    • Middle High German: brust
      • German: Brust
      • Hunsrik: Brust
      • Luxembourgish: Broscht
      • Vilamovian: brust
      • Yiddish: ברוסט (brust)
• Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 (brusts)