Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bremaną

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make noise”), an onomatopoeic root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbre.mɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bremaną

1. to roar

Inflection

Conjugation of *bremaną (strong class 4)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bremō	*bremaų	—	*bremai	?
2nd singular	*brimizi	*bremaiz	*brem	*bremazai	*bremaizau
3rd singular	*brimidi	*bremai	*bremadau	*bremadai	*bremaidau
1st dual	*bremōz	*bremaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*bremadiz	*bremaidiz	*bremadiz	—	—
1st plural	*bremamaz	*bremaim	—	*bremandai	*bremaindau
2nd plural	*brimid	*bremaid	*brimid	*bremandai	*bremaindau
3rd plural	*bremandi	*bremain	*bremandau	*bremandai	*bremaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bram	*brēmį̄
2nd singular	*bramt	*brēmīz
3rd singular	*bram	*brēmī
1st dual	*brēmū	*brēmīw
2nd dual	*brēmudiz	*brēmīdiz
1st plural	*brēmum	*brēmīm
2nd plural	*brēmud	*brēmīd
3rd plural	*brēmun	*brēmīn
	present	past
participles	*bremandz	*brumanaz

Derived terms

• *bramjaną
• *bremisaz
• *bremisǭ
• *brimmaną
• *brummōną
  • Proto-West Germanic: *brummōn
• *brumjaz
• *brumþiz

Related terms

• *brōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *breman
  • Old Dutch: *breman
    • Middle Dutch: brēmen
  • Old High German: *breman
    • Middle High German: bremen
    • ⇒ Old High German: brema (noun)
      • Middle High German: breme
        • Alemannic German: Brämme
        • German: Breme (archaic)
  • → Galician: bremar