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Reconstruction:Old English/brytel

This Old English 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.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brutil. Equivalent to *bryttan + -el.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbry.tel/

Adjective

*brytel

  1. easily broken, brittle
    Synonym: *brotul

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: bretel, brutil, bretil, brutel, britel, britil, brutyll, bretyll, brytylle, bruttle (conflated with descendant of Old English *brotul)
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