Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bruzdaz

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

A zero-grade variant of *brazdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérstis, from *bʰers- (“top, point”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbruz.dɑz/

Noun

*bruzdaz m

point, spike, thorn

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *bruzdaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bruzdaz	bruzdōz, bruzdōs
vocative	*bruzd	bruzdōz, bruzdōs
accusative	*bruzdą	*bruzdanz
genitive	bruzdas, bruzdis	*bruzdǫ̂
dative	*bruzdai	*bruzdamaz
instrumental	*bruzdō	*bruzdamiz

Derived terms

*bruzdijaną
*bruzdōną

Related terms

*brezdaz

Descendants

Old English: brord
- Middle English: brodd
Old Saxon: brord
Old Dutch: *brord
- Middle Dutch: *brort, *broort
  - Dutch: (boort (absorbing senses of the earlier word))
Old High German: brort, prort
- Middle High German: brort
  - German: Brort
Old Norse: broddr
- Icelandic: broddur
- Faroese: broddur
- Norwegian: brodd
- Old Swedish: brodder
  - Swedish: brodd
- Danish: brod

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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