English
brusle
Brusle comes from Middle English bristel ‘a bristle or stiff hair’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- ‘top, point’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰers-‘top, point’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰr̥s-tí-sreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*burstiz‘bristle’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*bursti‘bristle’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*burstilu‘bristle’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150bristl‘a bristle’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bristelas brustel‘a bristle or stiff hair’
- Englishearliest quotation 1600brusle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰers-‘top, point’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰr̥s-tí-sreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*burstiz‘bristle’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*bursti‘bristle’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*burstilu‘bristle’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150bristl‘a bristle’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bristelas brustel‘a bristle or stiff hair’
- Englishearliest quotation 1600brusle
Earliest quotation: 1600, Tommaso Garzoni, A diſcourſe of the Author, […]: “[…] for queſtionleſſe ſhe fayneth herſelfe to bee diſtracted…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- ‘top, point’
far, beard, prod, braid, fash, borscht, farro, 15 more
through Proto-Germanic *burstiz ‘bristle’
through Old English bristl ‘a bristle’
Today it means
verb To cause (something) to bristle or stand erect.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- / brusle