Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brunnô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *bʰrun- (“a bubbling forth; a fountain, wellspring, source”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrew- (“to well up, bubble, seethe”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to well up”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbrun.nɔːː/

Noun

*brunnô m

source; wellspring; fountain
brook; stream; bourn

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *brunnô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brunnô	*brunnaniz
vocative	*brunnô	*brunnaniz
accusative	*brunnanų	*brunnanunz
genitive	*brunniniz	*brunnanǫ̂
dative	*brunnini	*brunnammaz
instrumental	*brunninē	*brunnammiz

Related terms

*brunō

Descendants

Old English: brunna, burna; burne
- Middle English: burne, bourne
  - Scots: burn
  - English: burn, bourn
Old Frisian: burna
- West Frisian: bearne, boarne
Old Saxon: brunno, borno
- Middle Low German: borne, born
  - Low German: Born
  - → German: Born
Old Dutch: brunno
- Middle Dutch: borne
  - Dutch: bron
Old High German: brunno
- Middle High German: brunne
  - German: Brunnen (Bronnen, Brunne, Bronne, Brunn)
Old Norse: brunnr, bruðr
- Icelandic: brunnur
- Faroese: brunnur
- Norwegian: brønn
- Westrobothnian: brönn, brånn, bronn
- Old Swedish: brunder, brynder
  - Swedish: brunn
- Danish: brønd
- → Scots: broonie; brin
Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰 (brunna)
Crimean Gothic: brunna

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