Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brantaz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“to protrude”).

Adjective

*brantaz

tall, high, towering
steep

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *brantaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brantaz	brantōz, brantōs
vocative	*brant	brantōz, brantōs
accusative	*brantą	*brantanz
genitive	brantas, brantis	*brantǫ̂
dative	*brantai	*brantamaz
instrumental	*brantō	*brantamiz

Derived terms

*brantijaną
- Proto-West Germanic: *brantijan
  - ⇒? Old English: brenting
- Old Norse: bretta
  - Icelandic: bretta
  - Faroese: bretta
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: brette
  - Norwegian Bokmål: brette
  - Swedish: (dialectal) brätta
  - Old Danish: brætte

Related terms

*brinkaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *brant
- Old English: brant, bront
  - Middle English: brant, brent
    - English: brant
    - Scots: brent
Old Norse: *brantr, brattr
- Icelandic: brattur
- Faroese: brattur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bratt
- Norwegian Bokmål: bratt
- Old Swedish: branter, *bratter
  - Swedish: brant, (dialectal) bratt
- Old Danish: (dialectal) brant
  - Danish: brat
- ⇒ Old Norse: brant (“precipice”)

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