Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brestan
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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]Inherited from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”).
Verb
[edit]*brestan
Inflection
[edit]| Strong class 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *brestan | |
| 1st sg. past | *brast | |
| 3rd pl. past | *brustun | |
| Past ptcple | *brostan | |
| Infinitive | *brestan | |
| Genitive infin. | *brestannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *brestannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *brestannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *brestu | *brast |
| 2nd singular | *bristiʀi | *brustī |
| 3rd singular | *bristidi | *brast |
| 1st plural | *brestum | *brustum |
| 2nd plural | *bristid | *brustud |
| 3rd plural | *brestand | *brustun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *brestē | *brustī |
| 2nd singular | *brestēs | *brustī |
| 3rd singular | *brestē | *brustī |
| 1st plural | *brestēm | *brustīm |
| 2nd plural | *brestēþ | *brustīd |
| 3rd plural | *brestēn | *brustīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *brist | |
| Plural | *bristid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *brestandī | *brostan |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: berstan
- Old Frisian: bersta
- Old Saxon: *brestan
- Old Dutch: brestan
- Old High German: *brestan, prestan, *bristan
- → Old French: brisier, briser; debrisier