*brunjǭ

Runic: ᛒᚱᚢᚾᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈbrun.jɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

  1. breastplate
  2. coat of mail, byrnie

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *brunnyos, from pre-form *bʰrus-n-yo-s (‘breast; hill’), from Proto-Celtic *brusū (‘belly, abdomen; breast’). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (‘breast; to swell’), thus cognate with Proto-Germanic *breustą (‘breast, chest’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.brunjǭbrunjōniz
Acc.brunjōnųbrunjōnunz
Gen.brunjōnizbrunjōnǫ̂
Dat.brunjōnibrunjōmaz
Inst.brunjōnēbrunjōmiz
Voc.brunjǭbrunjōniz

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Descendants

  • *brunnjā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • brunnia (Old Saxon)
  • *brunnjā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • byrne (Old English)
      • burne (Middle English)
        • byrnie, brinie (English)
  • *brunnjā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • brunna, prunna, prunni (Old High German)
      • Brünne (German)
  • brynja, ᛒᚱᚢᚾᛁᛅ (brunia) (Old Norse)
    • brynja (Faroese)
    • brynja (Icelandic)
    • brynja, brynju, brynje (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • brynja, ᛒᚱᚢᚾᛁᛅ (brunia) (Old Norse)
    • brynje (Danish)
      • brynje (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • brynja, ᛒᚱᚢᚾᛁᛅ (brunia) (Old Norse)
    • brinie (Middle English)
      • byrnie, brinie (English)
      • byrnie (Scots)
  • brynja, ᛒᚱᚢᚾᛁᛅ (brunia) (Old Norse)
    • brynia, brønia (Old Swedish)
      • brynja (Swedish)
  • 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 (brunjō) (Gothic)
    • *brъňa (Proto-Slavic)

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