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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brinnaną

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

Kroonen reconstructs Pre-Germanic *bʰrénuh₁e-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrin.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*brinnaną[1][2]

  1. to burn, to be on fire

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Many of these descendants have been merged or replaced with the causative *brannijaną.

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brinnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77-78
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*brennanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 56
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