Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brōþer

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brōþēr.

Noun

*brōþer m

1. brother

Inflection

R-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*brōþer
Genitive	*brōþur
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*brōþer	*brōþar
Accusative	*brōþar	*brōþar
Genitive	*brōþur	*brōþrō
Dative	*brōþri	*brōþrum
Instrumental	*brōþri	*brōþrum

Descendants

• Old English: brōþor, brōþer, brōþur, brōðer, brōður
  • Middle English: brother
    • English: brother (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: brither, bruther, broder, bruder
    • Yola: brover, brower
• Old Frisian: brōther
  • North Frisian:

    Amrum: bruder

    Föhr: bruler

    Northern Goesharder: (Hoolmer) broor, (Hoorninger) brår

    Southern Goesharder: brööðer

    Hallig: bröör

    Halunder: Bruur

    Mooring: brouder

    Sylt: Bröđer

  • Saterland Frisian: Brúur, Brour (Strukelje)
  • West Frisian: broer
• Old Saxon: brōthar
  • Middle Low German: brôder, brûder
    • German Low German: Broder, Broor, Bröör
    • Plautdietsch: Brooda
• Old Dutch: *bruothar
  • Middle Dutch: broeder
    • Dutch: broeder, broer
      • Afrikaans: broeder, broer
    • Limburgish: broor
• Old High German: bruoder
  • Middle High German: bruoder
    • Alemannic German: Brüeder, Brueder

      Italian Walser: briöder, bruder, brueder, bröder

    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: pruudar, pruadar (Luserna, Tredici Comuni)

      Mòcheno: pruader

      Northern Bavarian: [ˈb̥rou̯d̥ɐ], [ˈb̥rei̯d̥ɐ]

      Udinese: pruadar, prueder, pruider

    • Central Franconian: Broder, Bruder

      Hunsrik: Bruder

      Luxembourgish: Brudder

    • German: Bruder
    • Rhine Franconian: Bruder

      Frankfurterisch: [pʀuːd̥æ̆], [prɔurə]

      Pennsylvania German: Bruder

    • Vilamovian: brüder
    • Yiddish: ברודער (bruder)