Proto-Germanic

*burstiz

‘bristle’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *burstiz.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *burstiz, most familiar first.

• brush ← brusshe ← broisse ← *brustia ← *bursti
• bristle ← bristil ← bristl ← *burstilu ← *bursti
• brusle ← bristel ← bristl ← *burstilu ← *bursti

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *burstiz