Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brēdaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Related to *brējaną (“to roast, smell”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrɛː.ðɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*brēdaną
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *brēdō | *brēdaų | — | *brēdai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *brēdizi | *brēdaiz | *brēd | *brēdazai | *brēdaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *brēdidi | *brēdai | *brēdadau | *brēdadai | *brēdaidau | |
| 1st dual | *brēdōz | *brēdaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *brēdadiz | *brēdaidiz | *brēdadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *brēdamaz | *brēdaim | — | *brēdandai | *brēdaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *brēdid | *brēdaid | *brēdid | *brēdandai | *brēdaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *brēdandi | *brēdain | *brēdandau | *brēdandai | *brēdaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *bebrēd | *bebrēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *bebrēst | *bebrēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *bebrēd | *bebrēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *bebrēdū | *bebrēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *bebrēdudiz | *bebrēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *bebrēdum | *bebrēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *bebrēdud | *bebrēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *bebrēdun | *bebrēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *brēdandz | *brēdanaz | ||||
Derived terms
- *brēdijaną
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *brādan
- Old Norse: bræða
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀrēđanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 56-7