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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/breuþaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbreu̯.θɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*breuþaną
- to fall apart; crumble
Inflection
Conjugation of *breuþaną (strong class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *breuþō | *breuþaų | — | *breuþai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *briuþizi | *breuþaiz | *breuþ | *breuþazai | *breuþaizau |
| 3rd singular | *briuþidi | *breuþai | *breuþadau | *breuþadai | *breuþaidau |
| 1st dual | *breuþōz | *breuþaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *breuþadiz | *breuþaidiz | *breuþadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *breuþamaz | *breuþaim | — | *breuþandai | *breuþaindau |
| 2nd plural | *briuþid | *breuþaid | *briuþid | *breuþandai | *breuþaindau |
| 3rd plural | *breuþandi | *breuþain | *breuþandau | *breuþandai | *breuþaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *brauþ | *bruþį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *braust | *bruþīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *brauþ | *bruþī | |||
| 1st dual | *bruþū | *bruþīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *bruþudiz | *bruþīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *bruþum | *bruþīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *bruþud | *bruþīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *bruþun | *bruþīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *breuþandz | *bruþanaz | |||
Related terms
- *breutaną
Descendants
- Old English: brēoþan (often in combination: ābrēoþan (verb); ābroþen (past participle))
- Middle English: breothen (verb); brothin (past participle); brethel, brothel; bretheling
- Scots: borthel
- English: brothel
- Middle English: breothen (verb); brothin (past participle); brethel, brothel; bretheling
- Old Frisian: (breud (noun))
- Old High German: briodan