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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bruskaz

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 *bʰrūs‑, *bʰrews‑ (“to roar, roil, rustle, sprout”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbrus.kɑz/

Noun

*bruskaz m

  1. scrub, undergrowth, underbrush
  2. thicket, copse
  3. sprout, shoot; twig

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *bruskaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bruskaz *bruskōz, *bruskōs
vocative *brusk *bruskōz, *bruskōs
accusative *bruską *bruskanz
genitive *bruskas, *bruskis *bruskǫ̂
dative *bruskai *bruskamaz
instrumental *bruskō *bruskamiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *brusk
    • Old Saxon: *brusk
      • Middle Low German: brusch (“bucher's broom”)
    • Old Dutch: *brusk
      • Middle Dutch: brusc m (“shrubs, twigs, bundle of sticks”)
    • Old High German: brusk n (“shoot, bud”)
      • Middle High German: brüsch m (“thorny bush”)
        • German: Brüsch
    • → Vulgar Latin: *bruscus (“butcher's broom”)
      • Italian: brusco (“prickly broom”)
      • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *bruscia (“tree shoot”)
        • Old French: broce (“scrub, brushwood, undergrowth”)
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