Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/breust

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *breustą.

Noun

*breust n

1. (North Sea Germanic) breast, chest

   Synonym: *brust

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*breust
Genitive	*breustas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*breust	*breustu
Accusative	*breust	*breustu
Genitive	*breustas	*breustō
Dative	*breustē	*breustum
Instrumental	*breustu	*breustum

Related terms

• *brust

Descendants

• 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