Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brestan

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

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”).

Verb

*brestan

  1. to burst, break, sunder, split, crack

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive *brestan
1st sg. past *brast
3rd pl. past *brustun
Past ptcple *brostan
Infinitive *brestan
Genitive infin. *brestannjas
Dative infin. *brestannjē
Instrum. infin. *brestannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *brestu *brast
2nd singular *bristiʀi *brustī
3rd singular *bristidi *brast
1st plural *brestum *brustum
2nd plural *bristid *brustud
3rd plural *brestand *brustun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *brestē *brustī
2nd singular *brestēs *brustī
3rd singular *brestē *brustī
1st plural *brestēm *brustīm
2nd plural *brestēþ *brustīd
3rd plural *brestēn *brustīn
Imperative Present
Singular *brist
Plural *bristid
Present Past
Participle *brestandī *brostan

Descendants

References

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