*brestuz

Runic: ᛒᚱᛖᛊᛏᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbres.tuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

break; fracture
impairment; handicap

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrés-tu-s ~ *bʰr̥s-téw-s, from root *bʰres- (‘to burst, break, crack, crackle, split, separate’). Possibly related to PIE root *bʰrews- (‘break’). Related to *brestaną (‘to burst, break’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	brestuz	bristiwiz
Acc.	brestų	brestunz
Gen.	brestauz	bristiwǫ̂
Dat.	bristiwi	brestumaz
Inst.	brestū	brestumiz
Voc.	brestu	bristiwiz

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Descendants

*brestu, *bristi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *brest, *bristi (Old Dutch)
  - berste (Middle Dutch)
    - barst (Dutch)
*brestu, *bristi (Proto-West Germanic)
- berst, byrst (Old English)
  - brest, berst, barst (Middle English)
    - burst (English)
    - birst (Scots)
*brestu, *bristi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bristi, bresto, brestī, bresta (Old High German)
  - breste, brest, brist (Middle High German)
    - Breste (Alemannic German)
    - Breste, Brest (German)
*brestu, *bristi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *brest, *bristi (Old Saxon)
  - breste, berste, berst, barst, borst (Middle Low German)
    - Brast (Low German)
brestr (Old Norse)
- brestur (Faroese)
- brestur (Icelandic)
- brest (Norwegian Nynorsk)
brestr (Old Norse)
- brøst, brist (Danish)
  - brist (Norwegian Bokmål)
brestr (Old Norse)
- brist, bræst, bryst, bröst (Old Swedish)
  - brist (Swedish)

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