Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bruggju

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 *brugjǭ.

Noun

*bruggju f[1]

bridge

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bruggju
Genitive	*bruggjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bruggju	*bruggjō
Accusative	*bruggjā	*bruggjā
Genitive	*bruggjā	*bruggjō
Dative	*bruggjē	bruggjōm, bruggjum
Instrumental	*bruggju	bruggjōm, bruggjum

Derived terms

*bruggjōn

Descendants

Old English: bryċġ
- Middle English: brigge, brugge, brygge, bregge, brige, brig, bryge, brydge
  - English: bridge
  - Geordie English: brig
  - Scots: brig
  - Yola: burge
Old Frisian: brigge, bregge
- North Frisian: brag, Bröch (Sylt)
- Saterland Frisian: Brääch
- West Frisian: brêge
Old Saxon: bruggia
- Middle Low German: brugge
  - Dutch Low Saxon: brugge (Achterhoeks, Drents, Gronings, Twents, Veluws), brogge (Drents, Stellingwerfs, Veluws), brog (Drents, Gronings, Veluws)
  - German Low German: Brugge, Brügg(e), Brüch
  - Plautdietsch: Brigj
Old Dutch: brugga
- Middle Dutch: brugge
  - Dutch: brug, Brugge
    - Afrikaans: brug
    - → Papiamentu: brùg
  - Limburgish: brögk
Old High German: brucca
- Middle High German: brucke, brücke
  - Alemannic German: Brugg
  - Bavarian: Bruck, Brugg
  - Central Franconian: Bröck, Breck
    Hunsrik: Brick
  - German: Brücke
  - Luxembourgish: Bréck
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Brick
  - Vilamovian: bryk
  - Yiddish: בריק (brik)

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 214: “PWGmc *brugʲgʲu”

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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 214: “PWGmc *brugʲgʲu”