Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brēdô

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

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrē- (“waft; breeze; haze”) or Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe; brew; cook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛː.ðɔːː/

Noun

*brēdô m

1. flesh, meat
2. muscle

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *brēdô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brēdô	*brēdaniz
vocative	*brēdô	*brēdaniz
accusative	*brēdanų	*brēdanunz
genitive	*brēdiniz	*brēdanǫ̂
dative	*brēdini	*brēdammaz
instrumental	*brēdinē	*brēdammiz

Descendants

• Old English: brǣd, brǣde, brād (Old English nouns are strong)
  • Middle English: brede, brade
    • Scots: brede
• Old Frisian: *brāde, *brēde
  • Saterland Frisian: Broaden (possibly from Middle Low German)
  • (West Frisian: gebraden)
• Old Saxon: brādo
  • Middle Low German: brade, brâde; brât
    • German Low German: Braa
• Frankish: *brādō
  • Old Dutch: *brādo
    • Middle Dutch: brâde
      • Afrikaans: braai
        • → Dutch: braai
        • → English: braai
  • → Old French: braon
    • → Middle English: brawne
      • Scots: brawn, bran
      • English: brawn
• Old High German: brāto, prāto; brāt
  • Middle High German: brāte; brāt
    • German: Brät, Braten, Bratwurst
      • → English: brat, bratwurst
    • Luxembourgish: Brot
• Old Norse: bráð
  • Icelandic: bráð
  • Faroese: bráð
  • Danish: brad
  • Old Swedish: brāþ
    • Swedish: bråd (in villebråd)
• → Proto-Finnic: *raato (see there for further descendants)