Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brōduz

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 Pre-Germanic *bʰroh₁tús, a tu-stem derived from *brōaną (“to warm, brew”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔː.ðuz/

Noun

*brōduz m

heat, warmth, incubation
brood; breeding

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *brōduz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brōduz	*brōdiwiz
vocative	*brōdu	*brōdiwiz
accusative	*brōdų	*brōdunz
genitive	*brōdauz	*brōdiwǫ̂
dative	*brōdiwi	*brōdumaz
instrumental	*brōdū	*brōdumiz

Derived terms

*brōdijaną

Related terms

*brēdaną

Descendants

The word was probably remodeled as a ti-stem in West Germanic.

Old English: brōd
- Middle English: brod, brood
  - English: brood
  - Scots: brude, brod, brodd, brode
Old Frisian: *brōd
- Saterland Frisian: Broud
- West Frisian: broed
Old Saxon: *brōd
- Middle Low German: brôt
  - (German Low German: Bröddsel)
Old Dutch: *bruot
- Middle Dutch: broet
  - Dutch: broed
Old High German: bruot, pruot
- Middle High German: bruot, pruot
  - German: Brut

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*brōan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 78: “*brōdi-”

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*brōan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 78: “*brōdi-”

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