Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/burōną

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 *bʰerH- (“to carve; split; cut; rub; pierce; strike”). Equivalent to *burō (“bore”) +‎ *-ōną. Cognate with Latin forō (“bore”, verb),[1] Proto-Slavic *borti (“to fight”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.rɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*burōną

  1. to drill, pierce
  2. to bore

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *burō *burǭ — *burōi ?
2nd singular *burōsi *burōs *burō *burōsai *burōsau
3rd singular *burōþi *burō *burōþau *burōþai *burōþau
1st dual *burōs *burōw — — —
2nd dual *burōþiz *burōþiz *burōþiz — —
1st plural *burōmaz *burōm — *burōnþai *burōnþau
2nd plural *burōþ *burōþ *burōþ *burōnþai *burōnþau
3rd plural *burōnþi *burōn *burōnþau *burōnþai *burōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *burōdǭ *burōdēdį̄
2nd singular *burōdēz *burōdēdīz
3rd singular *burōdē *burōdēdī
1st dual *burōdēdū *burōdēdīw
2nd dual *burōdēdudiz *burōdēdīdiz
1st plural *burōdēdum *burōdēdīm
2nd plural *burōdēdud *burōdēdīd
3rd plural *burōdēdun *burōdēdīn
present past
participles *burōndz *burōdaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *borōn
    • Old English: borian
    • Old Frisian: *boria
      • Saterland Frisian: boorje
      • West Frisian: boarje
    • Old Saxon: borōn
    • Old Dutch: *boron
    • Old High German: borōn
  • Old Norse: bora

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*burōjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85
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