Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brinnaną

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

Kroonen reconstructs Pre-Germanic *bʰrénuh₁e-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (to boil, brew).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrin.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*brinnaną[1][2]

  1. to burn, to be on fire

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *brinnō *brinnaų *brinnai ?
2nd singular *brinnizi *brinnaiz *brinn *brinnazai *brinnaizau
3rd singular *brinnidi *brinnai *brinnadau *brinnadai *brinnaidau
1st dual *brinnōz *brinnaiw
2nd dual *brinnadiz *brinnaidiz *brinnadiz
1st plural *brinnamaz *brinnaim *brinnandai *brinnaindau
2nd plural *brinnid *brinnaid *brinnid *brinnandai *brinnaindau
3rd plural *brinnandi *brinnain *brinnandau *brinnandai *brinnaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *brann *brunnį̄
2nd singular *brannt *brunnīz
3rd singular *brann *brunnī
1st dual *brunnū *brunnīw
2nd dual *brunnudiz *brunnīdiz
1st plural *brunnum *brunnīm
2nd plural *brunnud *brunnīd
3rd plural *brunnun *brunnīn
present past
participles *brinnandz *brunnanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

Many of these descendants have been merged or replaced with the causative *brannijaną.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brinnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77-78
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*brennanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56