*breustą

Runic: ᛒᚱᛖᚢᛊᛏᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈbreu̯s.tɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

breast, chest

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *bʰrews-t-o-m, a t-extension of the full-grade root of *bʰrews- (‘breast; to swell’, unrelated to the similar root meaning ‘to break, cf. *brausijaną (‘to break, crush’)). Related to *brusts (‘breast, chest’). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *brusū (‘belly, abdomen; breast’) and Proto-Slavic *břȗxo (‘belly’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.breustąbreustō
Acc.breustąbreustō
Gen.breustas, briustisbreustǫ̂
Dat.breustaibreustamaz
Inst.breustōbreustamiz
Voc.breustąbreustō

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Descendants

  • *breust (Proto-West Germanic)
    • briāst, brast (Old Frisian)
    • breost, briost, brust (Old Saxon)
  • *breust (Proto-West Germanic)
    • brēost (Old English)
      • brest, breste, breost, breist, brost, brust, brist, breast, bryest (Middle English)
        • brest, breast (English)
        • brest, breist, breest (Scots)
  • brjóst (Old Norse)
    • bryst (Danish)
    • bróst (Faroese)
    • brjóst (Icelandic)
  • brjóst (Old Norse)
    • bryst (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • brjóst (Old Norse)
    • bryst (Old Swedish)
      • bröst (Swedish)

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