*brōþēr
Runic: ᛒᚱᛟᚦᛖᚱ Pronunciation: /ˈbrɔː.θɛːr/noun · masculine · r-stem
Meanings
brother
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (‘brother’). Cognates include Old Armenian եղբայր (ełbayr, ‘brother’), Lithuanian brólis (‘brother’), Old Irish bráthair (‘brother, cousin, kinsman’), Attic Greek φρᾱ́τηρ (phrā́tēr, ‘clansmen, kinsman, citizen’), Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ) (bhrā́tṛ, ‘brother, kinsman, relative, cousin’), Latin frater (‘brother, male friend, lover, sibling’), and Tocharian A pracar (‘brother’).
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | brōþēr | brōþriz |
| Acc. | brōþerų | brōþrunz |
| Gen. | brōþurz | brōþrǫ̂ |
| Dat. | brōþri | brōþrumaz |
| Inst. | brōþrē | brōþrumiz |
| Voc. | brōþer | brōþriz |
Descendants
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*brōþer (Proto-West Germanic)
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bruother, *bruothar (Old Dutch)
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broeder (Middle Dutch)
- broor (Limburgish)
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broeder (Middle Dutch)
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bruother, *bruothar (Old Dutch)
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*brōþer (Proto-West Germanic)
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bruother, *bruothar (Old Dutch)
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broeder (Middle Dutch)
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broeder, broer (Dutch)
- broeder, broer (Afrikaans)
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broeder, broer (Dutch)
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broeder (Middle Dutch)
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bruother, *bruothar (Old Dutch)
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*brōþer (Proto-West Germanic)
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brōþor, brōþer, brōþur, brōðer, brōður (Old English)
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brother (Middle English)
- brother (English)
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brother (Middle English)
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brōþor, brōþer, brōþur, brōðer, brōður (Old English)
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*brōþer (Proto-West Germanic)
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brōþor, brōþer, brōþur, brōðer, brōður (Old English)
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brother (Middle English)
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brother (Middle Scots)
- brither, bruther, broder, bruder (Scots)
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brother (Middle Scots)
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brother (Middle English)
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brōþor, brōþer, brōþur, brōðer, brōður (Old English)
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*brōþer (Proto-West Germanic)
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brōther (Old Frisian)
- Brúur, Brour (Saterland Frisian)
- broer (West Frisian)
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brōther (Old Frisian)
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*brōþer (Proto-West Germanic)
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bruoder (Old High German)
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bruoder (Middle High German)
- Brüeder, Brueder (Alemannic German)
- Broder, Bruder (Central Franconian)
- Bruder (German)
- Bruder (Rhine Franconian)
- ברודער (bruder) (Yiddish)
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bruoder (Middle High German)
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bruoder (Old High German)
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*brōþer (Proto-West Germanic)
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brōthar (Old Saxon)
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brôder, brûder (Middle Low German)
- Broder, Broor, Bröör (Low German)
- Brooda (Plautdietsch)
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brôder, brûder (Middle Low German)
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brōthar (Old Saxon)
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bróðir (Old Norse)
- bróðir (Faroese)
- bróðir (Icelandic)
- bror (Norwegian Bokmål)
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bróðir (Old Norse)
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brōthær (Old Danish)
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bror, broder (Danish)
- broder (Norwegian Bokmål)
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bror, broder (Danish)
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brōthær (Old Danish)
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bróðir (Old Norse)
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brōþir, ᛒᚱᚮᚦᛁᚱ (Old Swedish)
- broder, bror (Swedish)
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brōþir, ᛒᚱᚮᚦᛁᚱ (Old Swedish)
- 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 (brōþar) (Gothic)
- bruder (Crimean Gothic)