Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/preunaz
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from earlier *preuhmô, genitive *preuhnaz, from *bréuk-mō, *bréuk-(m)n-os, from Proto-Indo-European *brewk-, related to Bulgarian бръсна (brǎsna, “to shave”), Lithuanian brukti (“to prod”).[1]
Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *brewn-, related to Lithuanian briaunà (“edge”), Albanian brez (“belt, girdle”).[2][3]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*preunaz m
Inflection[edit]
masculine a-stemDeclension of *preunaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *preunaz | *preunōz, *preunōs | |
vocative | *preun | *preunōz, *preunōs | |
accusative | *preuną | *preunanz | |
genitive | *preunas, *priunis | *preunǫ̂ | |
dative | *priunai | *preunamaz | |
instrumental | *preunō | *preunamiz |
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
- *preunô[1]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: prēon
- Old Saxon:
- Middle Low German:
- Low German: Preem
- Middle Low German:
- Old Dutch:
- Old High German:
- Old Norse: prjónn
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “preuna(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 399
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “brez”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 36
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*preunaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 293