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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brutjōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Likely from *brutjô (“distributor, donor, giver”) + *-ōną. Closely related to the strong verb *breutaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrut.jɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*brutjōną[1]
- to divide, distribute
Inflection
Conjugation of *brutjōną (weak class 2)
active voice | passive voice | ||||
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present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
1st singular | *brutjō | *brutjǭ | — | *brutjōi | ? |
2nd singular | *brutjōsi | *brutjōs | *brutjō | *brutjōsai | *brutjōsau |
3rd singular | *brutjōþi | *brutjō | *brutjōþau | *brutjōþai | *brutjōþau |
1st dual | *brutjōs | *brutjōw | — | — | — |
2nd dual | *brutjōþiz | *brutjōþiz | *brutjōþiz | — | — |
1st plural | *brutjōmaz | *brutjōm | — | *brutjōnþai | *brutjōnþau |
2nd plural | *brutjōþ | *brutjōþ | *brutjōþ | *brutjōnþai | *brutjōnþau |
3rd plural | *brutjōnþi | *brutjōn | *brutjōnþau | *brutjōnþai | *brutjōnþau |
past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
1st singular | *brutjōdǭ | *brutjōdēdį̄ | |||
2nd singular | *brutjōdēz | *brutjōdēdīz | |||
3rd singular | *brutjōdē | *brutjōdēdī | |||
1st dual | *brutjōdēdū | *brutjōdēdīw | |||
2nd dual | *brutjōdēdudiz | *brutjōdēdīdiz | |||
1st plural | *brutjōdēdum | *brutjōdēdīm | |||
2nd plural | *brutjōdēdud | *brutjōdēdīd | |||
3rd plural | *brutjōdēdun | *brutjōdēdīn | |||
present | past | ||||
participles | *brutjōndz | *brutjōdaz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *bruttjōn
- Old English: bryttian, bryttan
- Old Norse: brytja
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*brutjōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 36