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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/abrūtā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Corrupted from earlier *abrotā under the influence of *rūtā (“rue (bitter herb)”), borrowed from Vulgar Latin *abrota (“southernwood”) (compare cognate Old French abrote), from Latin abrotonum, abrotanum.[1][2][3]

Noun

*abrūtā f

  1. southernwood
    Synonyms: *abruttjā, *stabawurti

Declension
ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *abrūtā
Genitive *abrūtōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *abrūtā *abrūtōn
Accusative *abrūtōn *abrūtōn
Genitive *abrūtōn *abrūtōnō
Dative *abrūtōn *abrūtōm, *abrūtum
Instrumental *abrūtōn *abrūtōm, *abrūtum

Alternative reconstructions
  • *abrotā

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: afreta, avarata
    • Middle Low German: afrūde, aberrūde, afrūte, averrūde, ēverrūde, ēverūde, ēverūth
      • German Low German: Hawerut, Häweriut
  • Old Dutch: *avarūta
    • Middle Dutch: averûde, averûte
      • Dutch: averuit
  • Old High German: afaruza, avaruza, abruta, *abarūta
    • Middle High German: aberrūte, abrūte
      • German: Eberraute, Aberraute, Afrusch
      • → Hungarian: ebruta

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Eberesche; Eberraute”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 164
  2. Hellquist, Elof (1922) “åbrodd”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 1192
  3. de Vries, Jan (1971) “averoon”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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