Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/breustą

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 *bʰrews- (“breast; to swell”), which appears to be separate from *bʰrews- in the "break, burst" sense. Related to *brusts (“breast, chest”) as well as to the verb *brustijaną (“to sprout”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *brusū (“belly; breast”), Proto-Slavic *břȗxo (“belly”), as well as perhaps Proto-Slavic *brъstь (“bud”), Albanian brushtull (“ivy”) (< Proto-Albanian *brustula). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbreu̯s.tɑ̃/

Noun

*breustą n

1. breast, chest

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *breustą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*breustą	*breustō
vocative	*breustą	*breustō
accusative	*breustą	*breustō
genitive	*breustas, *briustis	*breustǫ̂
dative	*breustai	*breustamaz
instrumental	*breustō	*breustamiz

Synonyms

• *brusts

Related terms

• *breuską
• *brunjǭ (possibly)

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *breust
  • Old English: brēost
    • Middle English: brest, breste, breost, breist, brost, brust, brist, breast, bryest
      • English: brest, breast
      • Scots: brest, breist, breest
  • Old Frisian: briāst, brast
  • Old Saxon: breost, briost, brust
• Old Norse: brjóst
  • Icelandic: brjóst
  • Faroese: bróst
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bryst
  • Old Swedish: bryst
    • Swedish: bröst
  • Danish: bryst