*brinkaz

Runic: ᛒᚱᛁᚾᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbriŋ.kɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

hill
edge (of land)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from pre-Germanic *bʰreng-ó-s with regular Proto-Germanic raising of *e to *i before nasal plus consonant. A further connection with Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- ‘to break’ with nasal infix is possible but uncertain. Possible cognate with Tocharian B prenke (‘island’), Irish braine (‘prow, front, edge, leader’), and Sanskrit भ्रंश् (bhraṃś) (bhraṃś, ‘to fall, deviate, decay’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	brinkaz	brinkōz, brinkōs
Acc.	brinką	brinkanz
Gen.	brinkas, brinkis	brinkǫ̂
Dat.	brinkai	brinkamaz
Inst.	brinkō	brinkamiz
Voc.	brink	brinkōz, brinkōs

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Descendants

*brink (Old Frisian)
- Brink (Saterland Frisian)
- brink (West Frisian)
*brink (Old Saxon)
- brink (Middle Low German)
  - brink (Danish)
  - brinke (Middle English)
  - brink (Swedish)
*brink (Old Saxon)
- brink (Middle Low German)
  - Brink (Low German)
    - Brink (German)
brink (Old Dutch)
- brinc (Middle Dutch)
  - brink (Dutch)
*brenka, *brinka, brekka (Old Norse)
- brekka (Faroese)
- brekka (Icelandic)
- brekke (Norwegian)
- bräkka, brikka (Swedish)
*brenka, *brinka, brekka (Old Norse)
- brinke, brynke, brenk, brink, brynkke, brynk, brenke, bryncke (Middle English)
  - brink (English)
  - brink (Scots)

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