Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brimusī

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

Alternative forms

*brimsī, *bremusī

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerem- (“to buzz”), from *bʰer- (“to hum, buzz”).

Noun

*brimusī f

gadfly, horsefly
Synonym: (North Germanic) *klajjô

Inflection

Declension of *brimusī (ī/jō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brimusī	*brimusijôz
vocative	*brimusī	*brimusijôz
accusative	*brimusijǭ	*brimusijōz
genitive	*brimusijōz	*brimusijǫ̂
dative	*brimusijōi	*brimusijōmaz
instrumental	*brimusijō	*brimusijōmiz

Related terms

*bremô

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *brimusi, *brimussju, *brimsi
- Old English: brīosa, brēosa m
  - Middle English: brese, breese, bresse
    - English: breese, breeze
- Old Frisian: *brimsa m; *brimse f
  - Saterland Frisian: Bremse, Breemse f
  - West Frisian: brems, brims; brimze m or f
- Old Saxon: *brimissia
  - Middle Low German: brēmse, brȫmese, brȫmse
    - German Low German: Bremse, Brems
    - → German: Bremse
    - → Icelandic: brims
    - → Norwegian: brems
    - → Old Swedish: brims, bryms
      - Swedish: bröms, broms (influenced by dialectal bromma (“to hum”))
    - → Old Danish: brims, brimse
      - Danish: brems (now nonstandard), bremse
- Old Dutch: *brimissa
  - Middle Dutch: bremse, breemse
    - Dutch: brems
- Old High German: brimissa