Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brāan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Related to Proto-Germanic *brōaną (“to singe, brew”), see there for more.[1]

Verb

*brāan

  1. to smoke, fume
    Synonym: *rauki
  2. to smell

Inflection

Strong class 7d
Infinitive *brāan
1st sg. past *brē
3rd pl. past *brēun
Past ptcple *brāan
Infinitive *brāan
Genitive infin. *brāannjas
Dative infin. *brāannjē
Instrum. infin. *brāannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *brāu *brē
2nd singular *brāiʀi *brēī
3rd singular *brāidi *brē
1st plural *brāum *brēum
2nd plural *brāid *brēud
3rd plural *brāand *brēun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *brāē *brēī
2nd singular *brāēs *brēī
3rd singular *brāē *brēī
1st plural *brāēm *brēīm
2nd plural *brāēþ *brēīd
3rd plural *brāēn *brēīn
Imperative Present
Singular *brā
Plural *brāid
Present Past
Participle *brāandī *brāan

Reconstruction notes

Though attested as weak, it was very likely originally strong in view of the derivations.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old High German: *brāen
    • Middle High German: bræhen

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brēan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 74-5
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