Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brāan
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to Proto-Germanic *brōaną (“to singe, brew”), see there for more.[1]
Verb
[edit]*brāan
Inflection
[edit]| Strong class 7d | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *brāan | |
| 1st sg. past | *brē | |
| 3rd pl. past | *brēun | |
| Past ptcple | *brāan | |
| Infinitive | *brāan | |
| Genitive infin. | *brāannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *brāannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *brāannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *brāu | *brē |
| 2nd singular | *brāiʀi | *brēī |
| 3rd singular | *brāidi | *brē |
| 1st plural | *brāum | *brēum |
| 2nd plural | *brāid | *brēud |
| 3rd plural | *brāand | *brēun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *brāē | *brēī |
| 2nd singular | *brāēs | *brēī |
| 3rd singular | *brāē | *brēī |
| 1st plural | *brāēm | *brēīm |
| 2nd plural | *brāēþ | *brēīd |
| 3rd plural | *brāēn | *brēīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *brā | |
| Plural | *brāid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *brāandī | *brāan |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]Though attested as weak, it was very likely originally strong in view of the derivations.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*brēan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 74-5