Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brinkaz

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 *bʰren- (“project”) . Compare Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbriŋ.kɑz/

Noun

*brinkaz m

  1. hill
  2. edge (of land)

Inflection

Declension of *brinkaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *brinkaz *brinkōz, *brinkōs
vocative *brink *brinkōz, *brinkōs
accusative *brinką *brinkanz
genitive *brinkas, *brinkis *brinkǫ̂
dative *brinkai *brinkamaz
instrumental *brinkō *brinkamiz
  • *bringǭ
  • *brinkǭ

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: *brink
  • Old Saxon: *brink
    • Middle Low German: brink
      • German Low German: Brink
      • → Danish: brink
      • → Middle English: brinke (also from Old Norse *brenka, *brinka; see below)
      • → Swedish: brink
  • Old Dutch: brink
    • Middle Dutch: brinc
  • Old High German:
    • ⇒ German: Brunkel (dialectal)
  • Old Norse: *brenka, *brinka, brekka, *brenka
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