Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bruggju

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 *brugjǭ.

Noun

*bruggju f

1. bridge

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bruggju
Genitive	*bruggjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bruggju	*bruggjō
Accusative	*bruggjā	*bruggjā
Genitive	*bruggjā	*bruggjō
Dative	*bruggjē	*bruggjōm, *bruggjum
Instrumental	*bruggju	*bruggjōm, *bruggjum

Derived terms

• *bruggjōn

Descendants

• Old English: bryċġ
  • Middle English: brigge, brugge, brygge, bregge, brige, brig, bryge, brydge
    • English: bridge
    • Geordie English: brig
    • Scots: brig
    • Yola: burge
• Old Frisian: brigge, bregge
  • North Frisian: brag, Bröch (Sylt)
  • Saterland Frisian: Brääch
  • West Frisian: brêge
• Old Saxon: bruggia
  • Middle Low German: brugge
    • Dutch Low Saxon: brugge (Achterhoeks, Drents, Gronings, Twents, Veluws), brogge (Drents, Stellingwerfs, Veluws), brog (Drents, Gronings, Veluws)
    • German Low German: Brugge, Brügg(e), Brüch
    • Plautdietsch: Brigj
• Old Dutch: brugga
  • Middle Dutch: brugge
    • Dutch: brug, Brugge
      • Afrikaans: brug
      • → Papiamentu: brùg
    • Limburgish: brögk
• Old High German: brucca
  • Middle High German: brucke, brücke
    • Alemannic German: Brugg
    • Bavarian: Bruck, Brugg
    • Central Franconian: Bröck, Breck

      Hunsrik: Brick

    • German: Brücke
    • Luxembourgish: Bréck
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: Brick

    • Vilamovian: bryk
    • Yiddish: בריק (brik)