Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/breustą

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 *bʰrews- (“to swell”). Related to *brusts as well as to the verb *brustijaną (“to sprout”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *brъstь (“bud”), possibly Albanian brushtull (“ivy”) (< Proto-Albanian *brustula).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbreu̯s.tɑ̃/

Noun

*breustą n

breast, chest

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *breustą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*breustą	*breustō
vocative	*breustą	*breustō
accusative	*breustą	*breustō
genitive	breustas, briustis	*breustǫ̂
dative	*briustai	*breustamaz
instrumental	*breustō	*breustamiz

Synonyms

*brusts

Related terms

*breuską

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *breust
- Old English: brēost
  - Middle English: brest, breste, breost, breist, brost, brust, brist, breast, bryest
    - English: brest, breast
    - Scots: brest, breist, breest
- Old Frisian: briāst, brast
- Old Saxon: breost, briost, brust
Old Norse: brjóst
- Icelandic: brjóst
- Faroese: bróst
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: bryst
- Old Swedish: bryst
  - Swedish: bröst
- Danish: bryst

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