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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brunjǭ
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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
Perhaps borrowed from an ancestral form of Old Irish bruinne (“breast, bosom, chest”), i.e. Proto-Celtic *brusnyos, derived from *brusū (“breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”) and cognate with Proto-Germanic *breustą, *brusts.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrun.jɔ̃ː/
Inflection
| ōn-stemDeclension of *brunjǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *brunjǭ | *brunjōniz | |
| vocative | *brunjǭ | *brunjōniz | |
| accusative | *brunjōnų | *brunjōnunz | |
| genitive | *brunjōniz | *brunjōnǫ̂ | |
| dative | *brunjōni | *brunjōmaz | |
| instrumental | *brunjōnē | *brunjōmiz | |
Derived terms
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “brunjon”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “bruson”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 81
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