Brusing/Middle
Brusing (Brūsingiska taga) is an Oselo-Bruso-Thedic language that emphasizes the non-Germanic aspects of the subbranch. It is inspired by Sanskrit and Old English.
Brusing was a classical language in Lõis's Europe.
Todo
- tāla (f) = sequence, row; a musical term
a e i u ā ē ī ū ei eu ai au āi ēi āu ēu ->
a e i u ā ē ī ū ūi ē āe ōe āe ūi ōe ē
i want ū to become ȳ
u-umlaut:
o œ y u ō œ̄ ȳ ū ū œ̄ ōe ūi ōe ū ūi œ̄
suHnus -> *sūnus -> sūn "son"
- h₂elut "beer" -> *aluð -> olu
that sounds like estonian õlu
CVCuC words get the u if the V is short
Proto-Brusing:
Avis ðersaiwa
Avis, dat welnān natāra, spāða ðersuos: ainan kerrun wāðnan teuðanda, ainanwa mahsalān kerriðān, ainanwa ðumana sneuman paranda.
Grammar
Nouns
Brusing nouns had 6 cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, and locative.
o-stems
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | welk | welke |
| Genitive | welkes | welkan |
| Dative | welke | welkam |
| Accusative | welk | welku |
| Ablative | welket | welkes |
| Locative | welke | welkœs |
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | þand | þanda |
| Genitive | þandes | þandan |
| Dative | þande | þandam |
| Accusative | þand | þanda |
| Ablative | þandet | þandes |
| Locative | þande | þandœs |
eh2-stems
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ðaba | ðabas |
| Genitive | ðabas | ðaban |
| Dative | ðabe | ðabam |
| Accusative | ðaba | ðabu |
| Ablative | ðabe | ðabas |
| Locative | ðabe | ðabos |
i-stems
wæsti (POBT wostiyā) = clothing
u-stems
n-stems
Athematics
Adjectives
Verbs
Unlike in Thedic languages, all verbs use the athematic endings in Brusing.
Verbs are negated by prefixing na-.
Verbs had five tenses: present, imperfect, aorist, perfect, and future.
The irrealis tenses are: subjunctive, optative, imperfective imperative, and aorist imperative.
Brusing also had a passive voice, inherited from PIE.
Athematics
e/o-thematics
spaðan 'to see'
- Present: spaðam, spaðas, spaðad, spaðām, spaðad, spaðān
- Imperfect: aspað, aspaðas, aspað, aspaðām, aspaðad, aspað
- Aorist: aspās, aspāst, aspās, aspassām, aspassad, aspassēr
- Perfect: spāð, spāst, spāð, spāðām, spāðad, spāðēr
- Future: spassam, spassas, spassad, spassām, spassad, spassān
- Subjunctive: spaðā, spaðēs, spaðēd, spaðām, spaðād, spaðān
- Optative: spassāem, spassāes, spassāed, spassāeām, spassāead, spassāeān
- Imperative: -, spað, -, spaðām, spaðad, -,
eh2-verbs
yé-verbs
éye-verbs
dārayan 'to pain, to grieve'
- Present: dārayam, dārayas, dārayad, dārayām, dārayad, dārayān