Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bringaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from a Pre-Germanic *bʰrenḱ-, a compound root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry”) + *h₁n(e)ḱ- (“to bring”) or *h₂n(e)ḱ- (“to reach, attain”).[1] The past tense stem came from *bʰronḱ-, o-grade of *bʰrenḱ-, similar to class III strong verbs (mixed weak (dental) and strong (ablauted) past tense forms are very unusual in Proto-Germanic, and this is the only known case). Compare Proto-Brythonic *hembrüngɨd (“to accompany”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*bringaną
- to bring
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *bringaną (weak suffixless)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *bringan
- Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (briggan)