Reconstruction:Old Dutch/bret

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *braid.

Adjective

*brēt^[1]^[2]

broad, wide

Inflection

Declension of *brēt (a-stem)

strong declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural

nominative	*brēt	*brēt	*brēt	brēda, brēde
accusative	brēdan, brēden	*brēda	*brēt	brēda, brēde
genitive	*brēdes	*brēdero	*brēdes	*brēdero
dative	brēdin, brēdemo	*brēdero	brēdin, brēdemo	*brēdon
weak declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural

nominative	*brēdo	*brēda	*brēda	*brēdon
accusative	*brēdon	*brēdon	*brēda	*brēdon
genitive	*brēdin	*brēdon	*brēdin	*brēdono
dative	*brēdin	*brēdon	*brēdin	*brēdon

Alternative forms

*breit^[1]
*brēd, *breid (without final devoicing)

Descendants

Middle Dutch: brêet
- Dutch: breed
  - Afrikaans: breed
  - Berbice Creole Dutch: brete
  - Negerhollands: breed
  - → Caribbean Javanese: bradi (via Sranan Tongo)
  - → West Frisian: breed
- Limburgish: breid
- Zealandic: breêd

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *bred, from Proto-Germanic *bredą.

Noun

*bret n^[3]

board, plank

Inflection

Declension of *bret (neuter strong a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bred	*bred
accusative	*bred	*bred
genitive	*bredis, -es	*bredo
dative	*brede, -i	*bredon

Alternative forms

*bred (without final devoicing)

Descendants

Middle Dutch: bret, bert, bart
- Dutch: berd
- Limburgish: braed

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “breed”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
^ “brēt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “berd”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[2] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[EWN1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “breed”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[2] “brēt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

[EWN2-3] Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “berd”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[2] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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