*brusts

Runic: ᛒᚱᚢᛊᛏᛊ Pronunciation: /ˈbrusts/

noun · feminine · consonant stem

Meanings

breast, chest

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrus-t-s, a t-extension of the zero-grade root of *bʰrews- (‘breast; to swell’). Related to *breustą (‘breast, chest’). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *brusū (‘belly, abdomen; breast’) and Proto-Slavic *břȗxo (‘belly’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.brustsbrustiz
Acc.brustųbrustunz
Gen.brustizbrustǫ̂
Dat.brustibrustumaz
Inst.brustēbrustumiz
Voc.brustbrustiz

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Descendants

  • *brust (Proto-West Germanic)
    • brust (Old Dutch)
      • borst (Middle Dutch)
        • bórs, bósj (Limburgish)
  • *brust (Proto-West Germanic)
    • brust (Old Dutch)
      • borst (Middle Dutch)
        • borst (Dutch)
          • bors (Afrikaans)
  • *brust (Proto-West Germanic)
    • brust, burst, borst (Old Frisian)
      • borst (North Frisian)
      • Brust (Saterland Frisian)
      • boarst (West Frisian)
  • *brust (Proto-West Germanic)
    • brust (Old High German)
      • brust (Middle High German)
        • Brust (German)
        • Broscht (Luxembourgish)
        • ברוסט (brust) (Yiddish)
  • *brust (Proto-West Germanic)
    • brust (Old Saxon)
      • brust, bruste, borst (Middle Low German)
        • Borst, Bost (Low German)
        • Brost (Plautdietsch)
  • 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 (brusts) (Gothic)

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