Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brinkaz

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

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

Declension 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
  - German Low German: Brink
    - → German: Brink
  - → Danish: brink
  - → Middle English: brinke (also from Old Norse *brenka, *brinka; see below)
  - → Swedish: brink
Old Dutch: brink
- Middle Dutch: brinc
  - Dutch: brink
Old High German:
- ⇒ German: Brunkel (dialectal)
Old Norse: *brinka, brekka, *brenka
- Icelandic: brekka
- Faroese: brekka
- Norwegian: brekke
- Swedish: bräkka, brikka
- → Middle English: brinke, brynke, brenk, brink, brynkke, brynk, brenke, bryncke (also from Middle Low German brink)
  - English: brink
  - Scots: brink