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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brōaną

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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

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Etymology

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An o-grade intensive, Pre-Germanic *bʰroh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (to burn, brew), with no certain cognates outside of Germanic.[1] Note, however, strong semantic and phonetic resemblance to Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (to boil, brew) (whence Proto-Germanic *brewwaną (to brew)). See also Proto-West Germanic *brāan (to smoke, smell).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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*brōaną

  1. to singe, warm, brew

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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The attested descendants are weak, but the Germanic verb was likely originally strong.

References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*brōan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 78