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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brestaną

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

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbres.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*brestaną[1][2]

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

Inflection
Conjugation of *brestaną (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *brestō*brestaų—*brestai ?
2nd singular *bristizi*brestaiz*brest*brestazai*brestaizau
3rd singular *bristidi*brestai*brestadau*brestadai*brestaidau
1st dual *brestōz*brestaiw———
2nd dual *brestadiz*brestaidiz*brestadiz——
1st plural *brestamaz*brestaim—*brestandai*brestaindau
2nd plural *bristid*brestaid*bristid*brestandai*brestaindau
3rd plural *brestandi*brestain*brestandau*brestandai*brestaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *brast*brustį̄
2nd singular *brast*brustīz
3rd singular *brast*brustī
1st dual *brustū*brustīw
2nd dual *brustudiz*brustīdiz
1st plural *brustum*brustīm
2nd plural *brustud*brustīd
3rd plural *brustun*brustīn
present past
participles *brestandz*brustanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brestan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 75
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*brestanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 56
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