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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brēaną
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/
Verb
*brēaną
- (West Germanic) to fume, smell
Inflection
Conjugation of *brēaną (strong class 7d)
active voice | passive voice | ||||
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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 |
Derived terms
- *brēþmaz
- Proto-West Germanic: *brāþm
- *brēþiz
- Proto-West Germanic: *brāþi
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