*brezdaz

Runic: ᛒᚱᛖᛉᛞᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbrez.dɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

board, plank, shelf

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres-dʰh₁-ós (Kroonen 2013), from root *bʰers- (‘top, tip, point’) + *-dʰh₁-e/o-(*-dʰh₁-forms resultative verbs from roots). It likely forms a complex with closely related *bruzdaz (‘point, spike, thorn’) and *brazdaz (‘edge, brim’). A derivative, *bredą, better explains the West Proto-Germanic reflexes, but the North Proto-Germanic reflexes in -dd- are best explained by regressive assimilation of the -z-.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	brezdaz	brezdōz, brezdōs
Acc.	brezdą	brezdanz
Gen.	brezdas, bridis	brezdǫ̂
Dat.	brezdai	brezdamaz
Inst.	brezdō	brezdamiz
Voc.	brezd	brezdōz, brezdōs

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Descendants

*bre(ʀ)d (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bred (Old Dutch)
  - bret, bert, bart, bort (Middle Dutch)
    - bred, berd (Dutch)
*bre(ʀ)d (Proto-West Germanic)
- bred (Old English)
  - bred, brede (Middle English)
    - bred, braid, brad (Scots)
*bre(ʀ)d (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bred (Old Frisian)
  - Brääd (Saterland Frisian)
  - bret (West Frisian)
*bre(ʀ)d (Proto-West Germanic)
- bret (Old High German)
  - bret (Middle High German)
    - Brett (German)
    - ברעט (bret) (Yiddish)
*bre(ʀ)d (Proto-West Germanic)
- bred (Old Saxon)
  - bred, bret (Middle Low German)
    - Bredd, Brett (Low German)
*bræddi (Old Norse)
- breddi (Faroese)
- bredd (Norwegian)
*bræddi (Old Norse)
- bræd (Old Danish)
  - bred (Danish)
*bræddi (Old Norse)
- brædder (Old Swedish)
  - brädd (Swedish)

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