Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bregdaną

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

From *breh- (“to flash, move quickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-, *bʰrēǵ- (“to shine, shimmer”).

An alternative etymology derives *breh- from Proto-Indo-European *mrekʷ-, *merǝkʷ-, *merǝgʷ- (“to shimmer”). If so, then cognate with Lithuanian mirkčioti (“to blink, flicker, wink, twinkle, shimmer, sparkle”), Russian морга́ть (morgátʹ, “to blink, wink”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbreɣ.ðɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bregdaną[1]

  1. to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug (on), twitch, flinch, move, swing

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *bregdō *bregdaų — *bregdai ?
2nd singular *brigdizi *bregdaiz *bregd *bregdazai *bregdaizau
3rd singular *brigdidi *bregdai *bregdadau *bregdadai *bregdaidau
1st dual *bregdōz *bregdaiw — — —
2nd dual *bregdadiz *bregdaidiz *bregdadiz — —
1st plural *bregdamaz *bregdaim — *bregdandai *bregdaindau
2nd plural *brigdid *bregdaid *brigdid *bregdandai *bregdaindau
3rd plural *bregdandi *bregdain *bregdandau *bregdandai *bregdaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *bragd *brugdį̄
2nd singular *brahst *brugdīz
3rd singular *bragd *brugdī
1st dual *brugdū *brugdīw
2nd dual *brugdudiz *brugdīdiz
1st plural *brugdum *brugdīm
2nd plural *brugdud *brugdīd
3rd plural *brugdun *brugdīn
present past
participles *bregdandz *brugdanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*breʒđanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55
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