Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brutjōną

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

Likely from *brutjô (“distributor, donor, giver”) +‎ *-ōną. Closely related to the strong verb *breutaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrut.jɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*brutjōną

1. to divide, distribute

Inflection

Conjugation of *brutjōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*brutjō	*brutjǭ	—	*brutjōi	?
2nd singular	*brutjōsi	*brutjōs	*brutjō	*brutjōsai	*brutjōsau
3rd singular	*brutjōþi	*brutjō	*brutjōþau	*brutjōþai	*brutjōþau
1st dual	*brutjōs	*brutjōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*brutjōþiz	*brutjōþiz	*brutjōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*brutjōmaz	*brutjōm	—	*brutjōnþai	*brutjōnþau
2nd plural	*brutjōþ	*brutjōþ	*brutjōþ	*brutjōnþai	*brutjōnþau
3rd plural	*brutjōnþi	*brutjōn	*brutjōnþau	*brutjōnþai	*brutjōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*brutjōdǭ	*brutjōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*brutjōdēz	*brutjōdēdīz
3rd singular	*brutjōdē	*brutjōdēdī
1st dual	*brutjōdēdū	*brutjōdēdīw
2nd dual	*brutjōdēdudiz	*brutjōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*brutjōdēdum	*brutjōdēdīm
2nd plural	*brutjōdēdud	*brutjōdēdīd
3rd plural	*brutjōdēdun	*brutjōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*brutjōndz	*brutjōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bruttjōn
  • Old English: bryttian, bryttan
• Old Norse: brytja