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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-, from *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe; roil; brew”).[1]

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

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *broþ
    • Old English: broþ
      • Middle English: broth
    • Old Saxon: broth
      • Middle Low German: brot
    • Old High German: brod, prod
    • → Late Latin: brodium (see there for further descendants)
    • → Vulgar Latin: *brodum (“broth, stew”)
      • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *brodiculāre (“to jumble together”)
        • Anglo-Norman: broiller
  • Old Norse: broð

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ƀruþan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 59
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