Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/breutaną

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewd-, related to Old East Slavic бръснути (brŭsnuti, “rake”), Old English brȳsan (“to break”), Latin frustum (“piece, crumb”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbreu̯.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb[edit]

*breutaną[1][2]

  1. to destroy, crush, break

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of *breutaną (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *breutō *breutaų — *breutai ?
2nd singular *briutizi *breutaiz *breut *breutazai *breutaizau
3rd singular *briutidi *breutai *breutadau *breutadai *breutaidau
1st dual *breutōz *breutaiw — — —
2nd dual *breutadiz *breutaidiz *breutadiz — —
1st plural *breutamaz *breutaim — *breutandai *breutaindau
2nd plural *briutid *breutaid *briutid *breutandai *breutaindau
3rd plural *breutandi *breutain *breutandau *breutandai *breutaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *braut *brutį̄
2nd singular *braust *brutīz
3rd singular *braut *brutī
1st dual *brutū *brutīw
2nd dual *brutudiz *brutīdiz
1st plural *brutum *brutīm
2nd plural *brutud *brutīd
3rd plural *brutun *brutīn
present past
participles *breutandz *brutanaz

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*breutan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*breutanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 56
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