Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brunnjā
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ.
Noun
edit*brunnjā f[1]
Inflection
editōn-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *brunnjā | |
Genitive | *brunnjōn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *brunnjā | *brunnjōn |
Accusative | *brunnjōn | *brunnjōn |
Genitive | *brunnjōn | *brunnjōnō |
Dative | *brunnjōn | *brunnjōm, *brunnjum |
Instrumental | *brunnjōn | *brunnjōm, *brunnjum |
Descendants
edit- Old English: byrne
- Middle English: burne
- Old Saxon: brunnia
- Old High German: brunnja, brunna
- German: Brünne
- → Early Medieval Latin: brunia
References
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 52: “PWGmc *[brunʲnʲā]”