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Where does “brutt” come from?

brutt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle High German brūt, from Old High German brūt, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic brūdiz — bride.

brutt (Norwegian Bokmål): past participle of bryte

Definitions

  1. past participle of bryte

Ancestry of “brutt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbrūtconcubine
2Old High Germanbrūtdaughter-in-law, bride; bride
3Proto-West Germanic*brūdi—
4Proto-Germanicbrūdizbride

Words derived from “brutt”

  • ubrutt
Every word from Proto-Germanic brūdiz →