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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brīw

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

Unknown; possibly from Proto-Germanic *brīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréy-u-s ~ *bʰr̥y-éw-s, from *bʰr-ey-, from *bʰer- (“to boil”), cognate with Latin frīgō (“to roast”), Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati, “to roast”).[1]

Noun

*brīw m

  1. porridge, mash
    Synonym: *mōs

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *brīw
Genitive *brīwas
Singular Plural
Nominative *brīw *brīwō, *brīwōs
Accusative *brīw *brīwā
Genitive *brīwas *brīwō
Dative *brīwē *brīum
Instrumental *brīu *brīum

Alternative reconstructions
  • *brīu

Descendants
  • Old English: brīw, brīu, brīġ, briiw, briiġ
    • Middle English: breie, bre
  • Old Frisian: *brī
  • Old Saxon: brī
    • Middle Low German: brî, brîg
      • German Low German:
        Märkisch, North Low German, Westphalian: Brie
        East Frisian Low Saxon: Breei
        Low Prussian, Westphalian (Sauerländisch): Brei
        Westphalian:
        Sauerländisch: Brui (Kirchspiel Mülheim), Braue (Niedersfeld), Broi (Meschede)
  • Old Dutch: *brio, *brī
  • Old High German: brīo, brī, brīwo

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Brei”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 104
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