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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/burjan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *burjaną.
Verb
*burjan
- to arrive
- to happen
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *burjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *buridā | |
| Infinitive | *burjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *burjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *burjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *burjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *burju | *buridā |
| 2nd singular | *burisi | *buridēs, *buridōs |
| 3rd singular | *buriþi | *buridē, *buridā |
| 1st plural | *burjum | *buridum |
| 2nd plural | *buriþ | *buridud |
| 3rd plural | *burjanþ | *buridun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *burjē | *buridī |
| 2nd singular | *burjēs | *buridī |
| 3rd singular | *burjē | *buridī |
| 1st plural | *burjēm | *buridīm |
| 2nd plural | *burjēþ | *buridīd |
| 3rd plural | *burjēn | *buridīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *buri | |
| Plural | *buriþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *burjandī | *burid |
Derived terms
- *gaburjan
Descendants
- Old English: byrian
- Middle English: birren, biren
- Old Frisian: bera
- Old Saxon: burian
- Middle Low German: boren, bören
- Low German: böhren
- Middle Low German: boren, bören
- Old Dutch: *burien
- Middle Dutch: bueren
- Dutch: beuren
- Afrikaans: beur
- Limburgish: beure, bäöre
- Dutch: beuren
- Middle Dutch: bueren
- Old High German: burien, burren
- Middle High German: bürn