Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brakōną

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

Either from a denominative formation equivalent to *braką (burst, crack) +‎ *-ōną,[1] or from an o-grade iterative formation.[2]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈbrɑ.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*brakōną[1][2]

  1. to burst, to crash
  2. to creak

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *brakō *brakǭ *brakōi ?
2nd singular *brakōsi *brakōs *brakō *brakōsai *brakōsau
3rd singular *brakōþi *brakō *brakōþau *brakōþai *brakōþau
1st dual *brakōs *brakōw
2nd dual *brakōþiz *brakōþiz *brakōþiz
1st plural *brakōmaz *brakōm *brakōnþai *brakōnþau
2nd plural *brakōþ *brakōþ *brakōþ *brakōnþai *brakōnþau
3rd plural *brakōnþi *brakōn *brakōnþau *brakōnþai *brakōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *brakōdǭ *brakōdēdį̄
2nd singular *brakōdēz *brakōdēdīz
3rd singular *brakōdē *brakōdēdī
1st dual *brakōdēdū *brakōdēdīw
2nd dual *brakōdēdudiz *brakōdēdīdiz
1st plural *brakōdēdum *brakōdēdīm
2nd plural *brakōdēdud *brakōdēdīd
3rd plural *brakōdēdun *brakōdēdīn
present past
participles *brakōndz *brakōdaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *brakōn
    • Old Frisian: *brakia
      • West Frisian: braakje, brake
    • Old Saxon: brakōn
    • Old Dutch: *brakon
    • Old High German: *brahhōn
  • Old Norse: braka

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*brakōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 54
  2. 2.0 2.1 Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012, pages 198, *brakōn-