Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brējaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain, through traditionally connected to Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew, seethe, cook”) and compared with Sanskrit भुरति (bhuráti, “to quiver, stir”), Ancient Greek πορφῡ́ρω (porphū́rō, “to heave, surge up”), Latin fretum (“strait; turmoil”),[1] ferveō (“to seethe, burn”). Said root has apparently been constructed in earlier times as *bʰrē- (“waft, breeze; haze”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɛː.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*brējaną

  1. to roast
  2. (of food?) to smell

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *brājan
    • Middle Dutch: bræyen (“to roast”)
    • Middle High German: bræjen (“to smell”)
  • Crimean Gothic: breen

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀrējanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57
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