Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brōgijan

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

From *brōgō (“terror”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*brōgijan[1]

  1. to terrify

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *brōgijan
1st sg. past *brōgidā
Infinitive *brōgijan
Genitive infin. *brōgijannjas
Dative infin. *brōgijannjē
Instrum. infin. *brōgijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *brōgiju *brōgidā
2nd singular *brōgisi *brōgidēs, *brōgidōs
3rd singular *brōgiþi *brōgidē, *brōgidā
1st plural *brōgijum *brōgidum
2nd plural *brōgiþ *brōgidud
3rd plural *brōgijanþ *brōgidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *brōgijē *brōgidī
2nd singular *brōgijēs *brōgidī
3rd singular *brōgijē *brōgidī
1st plural *brōgijēm *brōgidīm
2nd plural *brōgijēþ *brōgidīd
3rd plural *brōgijēn *brōgidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *brōgi
Plural *brōgiþ
Present Past
Participle *brōgijandī *brōgid

Descendants

  • Old English: brēġan
  • Old High German: bruogen

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 227: “PWGmc *brōgijan”
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