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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brakōną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Either from a denominative formation equivalent to *braką (burst, crack) + *-ōną,[1] or from an o-grade iterative formation.[2]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈbrɑ.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*brakōną[1][2]

  1. to burst, to crash
  2. to creak

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *brakōn
    • Old Frisian: *brakia
      • West Frisian: braakje, brake
    • Old Saxon: brakōn
    • Old Dutch: *brakon
    • Old High German: *brahhōn
  • Old Norse: braka

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*brakōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 54
  2. Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012, pages 198, *brakōn-
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