Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brehaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰreḱ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbre.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*brehaną[1]

  1. to flicker, glitter

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 5)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *brehō *brehaų — *brehai ?
2nd singular *brihizi *brehaiz *breh *brehazai *brehaizau
3rd singular *brihidi *brehai *brehadau *brehadai *brehaidau
1st dual *brehōz *brehaiw — — —
2nd dual *brehadiz *brehaidiz *brehadiz — —
1st plural *brehamaz *brehaim — *brehandai *brehaindau
2nd plural *brihid *brehaid *brihid *brehandai *brehaindau
3rd plural *brehandi *brehain *brehandau *brehandai *brehaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *brah *brēgį̄
2nd singular *braht *brēgīz
3rd singular *brah *brēgī
1st dual *brēgū *brēgīw
2nd dual *brēgudiz *brēgīdiz
1st plural *brēgum *brēgīm
2nd plural *brēgud *brēgīd
3rd plural *brēgun *brēgīn
present past
participles *brehandz *breganaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *brehan
    • Old High German: brehan
      • Middle High German: brehen, brechen, prehen
  • Old Norse: brjá, brá
    • Icelandic: brjá, brá

References

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