Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brūkaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to make use of”). Cognate with Latin fruor (“enjoy”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbruː.kɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*brūkaną
- to make use of, employ, use, consume
- Synonym: *neutaną
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *brūkō | *brūkaų | — | *brūkai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *brūkizi | *brūkaiz | *brūk | *brūkazai | *brūkaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *brūkidi | *brūkai | *brūkadau | *brūkadai | *brūkaidau | |
| 1st dual | *brūkōz | *brūkaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *brūkadiz | *brūkaidiz | *brūkadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *brūkamaz | *brūkaim | — | *brūkandai | *brūkaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *brūkid | *brūkaid | *brūkid | *brūkandai | *brūkaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *brūkandi | *brūkain | *brūkandau | *brūkandai | *brūkaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *brūhtǭ | *brūhtēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *brūhtēz | *brūhtēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *brūhtē | *brūhtēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *brūhtēdū | *brūhtēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *brūhtēdudiz | *brūhtēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *brūhtēdum | *brūhtēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *brūhtēdud | *brūhtēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *brūhtēdun | *brūhtēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *brūkandz | *brūhtaz | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *brūkan
- Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (brūkjan)
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀrūkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 60