Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brēþaz
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to Sanskrit भुरति (bhurati, “to stir, palpitate”), both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to boil, seethe”).[2] By synchronic analysis, an adjectival formation from *brējaną (“to roast, waft”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*brēþaz
- (North Germanic) rushed; in a hurry
- (North Germanic) quick; nimble
Declension
[edit]Declension of *brēþaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *brēþaz | *brēþai | *brēþō | *brēþôz | *brēþą, -atō | *brēþō |
| Accusative | *brēþanǭ | *brēþanz | *brēþǭ | *brēþōz | *brēþą, -atō | *brēþō |
| Genitive | *brēþas, -is | *brēþaizǫ̂ | *brēþaizōz | *brēþaizǫ̂ | *brēþas, -is | *brēþaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *brēþammai | *brēþaimaz | *brēþaizōi | *brēþaimaz | *brēþammai | *brēþaimaz |
| Instrumental | *brēþanō | *brēþaimiz | *brēþaizō | *brēþaimiz | *brēþanō | *brēþaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *brēþô | *brēþaniz | *brēþǭ | *brēþōniz | *brēþô | *brēþōnō |
| Accusative | *brēþanų | *brēþanunz | *brēþōnų | *brēþōnunz | *brēþô | *brēþōnō |
| Genitive | *brēþiniz | *brēþanǫ̂ | *brēþōniz | *brēþōnǫ̂ | *brēþiniz | *brēþanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *brēþini | *brēþammaz | *brēþōni | *brēþōmaz | *brēþini | *brēþammaz |
| Instrumental | *brēþinē | *brēþammiz | *brēþōnē | *brēþōmiz | *brēþinē | *brēþammiz |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old Norse: bráðr
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*brēđaz”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57
- ^ Wood, F. A. (2020). Indo-European Ax : Axi : Axu: A Study in Ablaut and in Wordformation. Germany: De Gruyter, p. 54