Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brunnō

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 *brunnô.

Noun

*brunnō m

1. well, spring

   Synonyms: *kaldijā, *kwalljā, *sauþ, *wallijā

2. brook, stream; bourn

   Synonyms: *baki, *sīk, *straum

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*brunnō
Genitive	*brunnini, *brunnan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*brunnō	*brunnan
Accusative	*brunnan	*brunnan
Genitive	*brunnini, *brunnan	*brunnanō
Dative	*brunnini, *brunnan	*brunnum
Instrumental	*brunnini, *brunnan	*brunnum

Descendants

• Old English: burna
  • Middle English: burne, bourne
    • English: bourn, burn
    • Scots: burn
• Old Frisian: burna
  • West Frisian: bearne, boarne
• Old Saxon: brunno, borno
  • Middle Low German: borne, born
    • Low German: Born
    • → German: Born
• Old Dutch: brunno
  • Middle Dutch: borne
    • Dutch: bron
• Old High German: brunno
  • Middle High German: brunne
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: prunn

      Mòcheno: prunn

    • Central Franconian:

      Luxembourgish: Buer, Bur

      Hunsrik: Brunne

    • German: Brunnen (Bronnen, Brunne, Bronne, Brunn)
    • Rhine Franconian: Brunne
    • Yiddish: ברונעם (brunem), ברונע (brune), ברונען (brunen)