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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to roar, roil, rustle, sprout”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*bruskaz m(West Germanic)
- scrub, undergrowth, underbrush
- thicket, copse
- sprout, shoot; twig
Inflection
Declension of *bruskaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*bruskaz
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*bruskōz, *bruskōs
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| vocative
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*brusk
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*bruskōz, *bruskōs
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| accusative
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*bruską
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*bruskanz
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| genitive
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*bruskas, *bruskis
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*bruskǫ̂
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| dative
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*bruskai
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*bruskamaz
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| instrumental
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*bruskō
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*bruskamiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *brusk
- Old Saxon: *brusk
- Middle Low German: brusch (“bucher's broom”)
- Old Dutch: *brusk
- Middle Dutch: brusc m (“shrubs, twigs, bundle of sticks”)
- Old High German: brusk n (“shoot, bud”)
- Middle High German: brüsch m (“thorny bush”)
- → Vulgar Latin: *bruscus (“butcher's broom”)
- Italian: brusco (“prickly broom”)
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *bruscia (“tree shoot”)
- Old French: broce (“scrub, brushwood, undergrowth”)
- Middle French: broisse
- → Middle English: brusche, brusshe
References