Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brinkaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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- (“project”) . Compare Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbriŋ.kɑz/

Noun

*brinkaz m

hill
edge (of land)

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *brinkaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brinkaz	brinkōz, brinkōs
vocative	*brink	brinkōz, brinkōs
accusative	*brinką	*brinkanz
genitive	brinkas, brinkis	*brinkǫ̂
dative	*brinkai	*brinkamaz
instrumental	*brinkō	*brinkamiz

Related terms

*bringǭ
*brinkǭ

Descendants

Old Frisian: *brink
- Saterland Frisian: Brink
- West Frisian: brink
Old Saxon: *brink
- Middle Low German: brink
  - Low German: Brink
    - German: Brink
  - Danish: brink
  - Swedish: brink
Old Dutch: brink
- Middle Dutch: brinc
  - Dutch: brink
Old High German
- German: (dialectal) Brunkel
Old Norse: *brenka, brekka, *brinka
- Icelandic: brekka
- Faroese: brekka
- Swedish: bräkka, brikka
- Middle English: brenk, brinke, brynke, brink (also, possibly borrowed from Middle Low German)
  - Scots: brink
  - English: brink

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