Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/burstiz

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 earlier *bʰurstís, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥s-tí-s, from *bʰers- (“top, point”). Cognate with Latin fastīgō (“to sharpen to a point”), Sanskrit भृष्टि (bhṛṣṭí, “spike, point”).

Noun

*burstiz f

1. bristle

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *burstiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*burstiz	*burstīz
vocative	*bursti	*burstīz
accusative	*burstį	*burstinz
genitive	*burstīz	*burstijǫ̂
dative	*burstī	*burstimaz
instrumental	*burstī	*burstimiz

Derived terms

• *burstilaz
  • Proto-West Germanic: *burstil

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bursti
  • Old English: byrst
    • Middle English: brust
    • ⇒ Old English: *byrstel
      • Middle English: brustel, bristil, bristel
        • English: bristle
        • Scots: brustle, bristle, brissle
  • Old Frisian: *berst, *borst
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: *berstel, *borstel
      • Saterland Frisian: Bäärsel
      • West Frisian: boarstel
  • Old Saxon: *burst
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: *burstil
      • Middle Low German: borstel
        • German Low German: Bössel
        • Plautdietsch: Borschtel
  • Old Dutch: *burst
    • ⇒ Old Dutch: *burstil
      • Middle Dutch: burstele, borstele
        • Dutch: borstel
          • Dutch: borsel
  • Old High German: burst, borst
    • Middle High German: burst, borst, burste, borste
      • Bavarian: Biaschtn
      • Central Franconian:

        Hunsrik: Berst

        Luxembourgish: Buuscht, Biischt

      • East Central German:

        Erzgebirgisch: bèrschd

      • German: Borste, Bürste
• Old Norse: burst
  • Icelandic: burst
  • Faroese: bust
  • Old Swedish: borst
    • Swedish: borst; Swedish: borste (perhaps influenced by German)
  • Danish: børste
• Vulgar Latin: *brustia, *bruscia (with *bruskaz, Icelandic brúskur)
  • Old French: broche, broisse
    • French: brosse
    • Picard: brouche
    • Walloon: brouche, broushe
    • → Middle English: brusshe
      • English: brush
    • → Galician: brocha
    • → Portuguese: brocha
    • → Spanish: brocha
      • → Catalan: brotxa
      • → Cebuano: brotsa
      • → Tagalog: brotsa
  • → Byzantine Greek: βρούτσα (broútsa), βούρτζα (boúrtza), βούρτσα (boúrtsa), βρούτζα (broútza)
    • Greek: βούρτσα (voúrtsa)
    • → Albanian: vurcë
    • → Bulgarian: ву́рца (vúrca)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: فرچه (fırça), فورچه (fırça, furça)
      • Turkish: fırça
      • → Arabic: فُرْشَة (furša)
      • → Armenian: ֆռչա (fṙčʻa)
      • → Bulgarian: ву́рча (vúrča), фу́рча (fúrča), фурча́ (furčá), фу́рца (fúrca)
      • → Persian: فرچه (ferče)
    • ⇒ Byzantine Greek: βρουτσίν (broutsín)
      • Pontic Greek: βουρτζίν (vourtzín), βουρτζί (vourtzí), φουρτζί (fourtzí)
        • → Armenian: վուրձին (vurjin) — Hamshen
      • → Armenian: վրձին (vrjin)