Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unþabrestan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *unþa- (“away”) +‎ *brestan (“to burst, break”).

Verb

*unþabrestan

to burst away, break away

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive	*unþabrestan
1st sg. past	*unþabrast
3rd pl. past	*unþabrustun
Past ptcple	*unþabrostan
Infinitive	*unþabrestan
Genitive infin.	*unþabrestannjas
Dative infin.	*unþabrestannjē
Instrum. infin.	*unþabrestannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*unþabrestu	*unþabrast
2nd singular	*unþabristiʀi	*unþabrustī
3rd singular	*unþabristidi	*unþabrast
1st plural	*unþabrestum	*unþabrustum
2nd plural	*unþabristid	*unþabrustud
3rd plural	*unþabrestand	*unþabrustun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*unþabrestē	*unþabrustī
2nd singular	*unþabrestēs	*unþabrustī
3rd singular	*unþabrestē	*unþabrustī
1st plural	*unþabrestēm	*unþabrustīm
2nd plural	*unþabrestēþ	*unþabrustīd
3rd plural	*unþabrestēn	*unþabrustīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*unþabrest
Plural	*unþabristid
	Present	Past
Participle	*unþabrestandī	*unþabrostan

Descendants

Old English: ōþberstan
- Middle English: othbersten
Old Frisian: undbersta
Old Saxon: *andbrestan
- Middle Low German: entbersten, entbristen, entbrösten
Old Dutch: *antbrestan
- Middle Dutch: ontbersten
  - Dutch: ontbarsten (archaic)
Old High German: intbrestan, inbrestan
- Middle High German: entbresten, entbersten, enbersten
  - German: entbresten (archaic)