Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/burjaną

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

Zero-grade ye-present, pre-Germanic *bʰr̥ye/o-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbur.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*burjaną

1. to lift up; levy
2. to be seemly; be fitting

Inflection

Conjugation of *burjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*burjō	*burjaų	—	*burjai	?
2nd singular	*burisi	*burjais	*buri	*burjasai	*burjaisau
3rd singular	*buriþi	*burjai	*burjaþau	*burjaþai	*burjaiþau
1st dual	*burjōs	*burjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*burjaþiz	*burjaiþiz	*burjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*burjamaz	*burjaim	—	*burjanþai	*burjainþau
2nd plural	*buriþ	*burjaiþ	*buriþ	*burjanþai	*burjainþau
3rd plural	*burjanþi	*burjain	*burjanþau	*burjanþai	*burjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*buridǭ	*buridēdį̄
2nd singular	*buridēz	*buridēdīz
3rd singular	*buridē	*buridēdī
1st dual	*buridēdū	*buridēdīw
2nd dual	*buridēdudiz	*buridēdīdiz
1st plural	*buridēdum	*buridēdīm
2nd plural	*buridēdud	*buridēdīd
3rd plural	*buridēdun	*buridēdīn
	present	past
participles	*burjandz	*buridaz

Derived terms

• *gaburjaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *burjan
  • Old English: byrian
    • Middle English: birren, biren
  • Old Frisian: bera
  • Old Saxon: burian
    • Middle Low German: boren, bören
      • Low German: böhren
  • Old Dutch: *burien
    • Middle Dutch: bueren
      • Dutch: beuren
        • Afrikaans: beur
      • Limburgish: beure, bäöre
  • Old High German: burien, burren
    • Middle High German: bürn
• Old Norse: byrja
  • Icelandic: byrja
  • Faroese: byrja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: byrja
  • Old Swedish: byria
    • Swedish: börja
  • Old Danish: byriæ
    • Danish: børje, burde
    • Scanian: børja
  • Gutnish: byre