Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brotōn

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

Etymology

Possibly from *brot +‎ *-ōn. Alternatively, Kroonen suggest an iterative origin.

If the loanwords in Romance didn't come from Frankish but from Gothic, as suggested by Holthausen, then the verb likely goes back to Proto-Germanic *brutōną.

Verb

*brotōn

1. to break
2. to sprout

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*brotōn
1st sg. past	*brotōdā
Infinitive	*brotōn
Genitive infin.	*brotōnijas
Dative infin.	*brotōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*brotōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*brotō	*brotōdā
2nd singular	*brotōs	*brotōdēs, *brotōdōs
3rd singular	*brotōþ	*brotōdē, *brotōdā
1st plural	*brotōm	*brotōdum
2nd plural	*brotōþ	*brotōdud
3rd plural	*brotōnþ	*brotōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*brotō	*brotōdī
2nd singular	*brotōs	*brotōdī
3rd singular	*brotō	*brotōdī
1st plural	*brotōm	*brotōdīm
2nd plural	*brotōþ	*brotōdīd
3rd plural	*brotōn	*brotōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*brotō
Plural	*brotōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*brotōndī	*brotōd

Derived terms

• *brotul

Related terms

• *breutan

Descendants

• Old English: *brotian
  • ⇒ Old English: *brotul, *brotol
    • Middle English: brotel
      • English: brottle, bruttle, brattle (dialectal)
• Old High German: *brozzōn
  • Middle High German: brozzen
    • German: brossen
• →? Vulgar Latin: *brotāre
  • Catalan: brotar
  • Galician: brotar
  • Old Occitan: brotar
    • >? Portuguese: brotar
  • Spanish: brotar