Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brunnjā

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

From Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ.

Noun

*brunnjā f[1]

chain mail

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*brunnjā
Genitive	*brunnjōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*brunnjā	*brunnjōn
Accusative	*brunnjōn	*brunnjōn
Genitive	*brunnjōn	*brunnjōnō
Dative	*brunnjōn	brunnjōm, brunnjum
Instrumental	*brunnjōn	brunnjōm, brunnjum

Descendants

Old English: byrne
- Middle English: burne
Old Saxon: brunnia
Old High German: brunnja, brunna
- German: Brünne
→ Early Medieval Latin: brunia
- Old French: bronie
  - French: broigne

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 52: “PWGmc *[brunʲnʲā]”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 52: “PWGmc *[brunʲnʲā]”