Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brunsti

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 *brunstiz (“burning”).^[1] Equivalent to *brinnan (“to burn”) +‎ *-þi

Noun

*brunsti f

burning, heat
fire

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*brunsti
Genitive	*brunstī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*brunsti	*brunstī
Accusative	*brunsti	*brunstī
Genitive	*brunstī	*brunstijō
Dative	*brunstī	brunstim, brunstijum
Instrumental	*brunstī	brunstim, brunstijum

Descendants

Old Saxon: *brunst
- Middle Low German: brunst
  - German Low German: Brunst
Old Dutch: *brunst
- Middle Dutch: brunst, bronst
  - Dutch: bronst
Old High German: brunst
- Middle High German: brunst
  - Alemannic German: Brunscht
  - German: Brunst
→? Medieval Latin: bronzium
- Italian: bronzo (see there for further descendants)
- Venetan: bronza

References

^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “bronst”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[1] Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “bronst”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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