Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brunnô

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₁wr̥ (“a bubbling forth; a fountain, wellspring, source”), from the root *bʰrew- (“to well up, bubble, seethe”),[1] perhaps from *bʰer- (“to well up”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrun.nɔːː/

Noun

*brunnô m

  1. source; wellspring; fountain
    Synonyms: *kaldijǭ, *sauþaz

Inflection

Declension of *brunnô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *brunnô *brunnaniz
vocative *brunnô *brunnaniz
accusative *brunnanų *brunnanunz
genitive *brunniniz *brunnanǫ̂
dative *brunnini *brunnammaz
instrumental *brunninē *brunnammiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brunna(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
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