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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bruttjō

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *brutjô, from *brutōną (to break, divide) (whence Old Norse brytja (to chop), and Old English bryttian (to divide into pieces)) + *-jô. Equivalent to *brutōn (to divide) +‎ *-jō. Cognate with Old Norse bryti (steward, bailiff).

Noun

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*bruttjō m[1]

  1. divider, dispenser

Inflection

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Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *bruttjō
Genitive *bruttjini, *bruttjan
Singular Plural
Nominative *bruttjō *bruttjan
Accusative *bruttjan *bruttjan
Genitive *bruttjini, *bruttjan *bruttjanō
Dative *bruttjini, *bruttjan *bruttjum
Instrumental *bruttjini, *bruttjan *bruttjum

Descendants

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  • Old English: brytta

References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 223:PWGmc *brutʲtʲō