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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bruzdaz

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

A zero-grade variant of *brazdaz (“edge, brim”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰros-dʰ(h₁)-o-, from the root *bʰers- (“top, point”).[1] Cognate with Old Irish brot (“goad, spike”).[2]

May be (along with related terms) from an original n-stem *brezdô ~ *burzdiniz, in view of the ablaut.[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbruz.dɑz/

Noun

*bruzdaz m[1]

  1. 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
  • *barzdą (“edge, prow”), ? *bar(z)daz (“beard”)
  • *brezdô ~ *brezdaz (“edge, side”)
  • *bur(z)dą, *bredą (“edge; board, plank”)[3]
  •  ? *bur(z)dô[3]
    • Proto-West Germanic: *bor(ʀ)dō
    • Old Norse: borði (“tapestry”)

Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*bruzda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*brazda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 74
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2011), “*brezdo, *burzdeni ‘edge, board’”, in The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, § 9. The evidence, page 149: “*bruzda(n)-”

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