Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brummōn

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 Proto-Germanic *brummōną, from earlier paradigm *brummōþi ~ *brumunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *bʰrum-nā́-ti ~ *bʰrum-un-ánti, iterative to *breman (“to drone”).[1]

Verb

*brummōn

  1. (iterative) to drone, hum, growl

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *brummōn
1st sg. past *brummōdā
Infinitive *brummōn
Genitive infin. *brummōnijas
Dative infin. *brummōnijē
Instrum. infin. *brummōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *brummō *brummōdā
2nd singular *brummōs *brummōdēs, *brummōdōs
3rd singular *brummōþ *brummōdē, *brummōdā
1st plural *brummōm *brummōdum
2nd plural *brummōþ *brummōdud
3rd plural *brummōnþ *brummōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *brummō *brummōdī
2nd singular *brummōs *brummōdī
3rd singular *brummō *brummōdī
1st plural *brummōm *brummōdīm
2nd plural *brummōþ *brummōdīd
3rd plural *brummōn *brummōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *brummō
Plural *brummōþ
Present Past
Participle *brummōndī *brummōd

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: *brumma, *bromma
  • Old Saxon: *brummōn
  • Old Dutch: *brummon
  • Old High German: *brummōn

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brummōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
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