Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/breuþan
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *breuþaną.
Verb
*breuþan[1]
- to fall apart
Inflection
| Strong class 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *breuþan | |
| 1st sg. past | *brauþ | |
| 3rd pl. past | *brudun | |
| Past ptcple | *brodan | |
| Infinitive | *breuþan | |
| Genitive infin. | *breuþannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *breuþannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *breuþannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *breuþu | *brauþ |
| 2nd singular | *briuþiʀi | *brudī |
| 3rd singular | *briuþidi | *brauþ |
| 1st plural | *breuþum | *brudum |
| 2nd plural | *briuþid | *brudud |
| 3rd plural | *breuþand | *brudun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *breuþē | *brudī |
| 2nd singular | *breuþēs | *brudī |
| 3rd singular | *breuþē | *brudī |
| 1st plural | *breuþēm | *brudīm |
| 2nd plural | *breuþēþ | *brudīd |
| 3rd plural | *breuþēn | *brudīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *briuþ | |
| Plural | *briuþid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *breuþandī | *brodan |
Descendants
- Old English: brēoþan
- Middle English: breothen
- Old High German: briodan
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*breuþan”