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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brēaną
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁-. Though attested as weak, it was very likely originally strong in view of the derivations.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *brēaną (strong class 7d)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *brēō | *brēaų | — | *brēai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *brēizi | *brēaiz | *brē | *brēazai | *brēaizau |
| 3rd singular | *brēidi | *brēai | *brēadau | *brēadai | *brēaidau |
| 1st dual | *brēōz | *brēaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *brēadiz | *brēaidiz | *brēadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *brēamaz | *brēaim | — | *brēandai | *brēaindau |
| 2nd plural | *brēid | *brēaid | *brēid | *brēandai | *brēaindau |
| 3rd plural | *brēandi | *brēain | *brēandau | *brēandai | *brēaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *bebrō | *bebrōį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *bebrōt | *bebrōīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *bebrō | *bebrōī | |||
| 1st dual | *bebrōū | *bebrōīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *bebrōudiz | *bebrōīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *bebrōum | *bebrōīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *bebrōud | *bebrōīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *bebrōun | *bebrōīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *brēandz | *brēanaz | |||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *brēan
- Middle High German: bræhen
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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