Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bregdaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *breh- (“to flash, move quickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-, *bʰrēǵ- (“to shine, shimmer”).
An alternative etymology derives *breh- from Proto-Indo-European *mrekʷ-, *merǝkʷ-, *merǝgʷ- (“to shimmer”). If so, then cognate with Lithuanian mirkčioti (“to blink, flicker, wink, twinkle, shimmer, sparkle”), Russian морга́ть (morgátʹ, “to blink, wink”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*bregdaną[1]
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *bregdaną (strong class 3)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *bregdan
- Old Norse: bregða
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*breʒđanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 55