Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brannijan
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.
Verb
[edit]*brannijan[1]
- to cause to burn, set on fire
Inflection
[edit]| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *brannijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *brannidā | |
| Infinitive | *brannijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *brannijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *brannijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *brannijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *branniju | *brannidā |
| 2nd singular | *brannisi | *brannidēs, *brannidōs |
| 3rd singular | *branniþi | *brannidē, *brannidā |
| 1st plural | *brannijum | *brannidum |
| 2nd plural | *branniþ | *brannidud |
| 3rd plural | *brannijanþ | *brannidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *brannijē | *brannidī |
| 2nd singular | *brannijēs | *brannidī |
| 3rd singular | *brannijē | *brannidī |
| 1st plural | *brannijēm | *brannidīm |
| 2nd plural | *brannijēþ | *brannidīd |
| 3rd plural | *brannijēn | *brannidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *branni | |
| Plural | *branniþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *brannijandī | *brannid |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: bærnan, *brænnan
- Old Frisian: berna, barna
- Old Saxon: brennian
- Old Dutch: brennen
- Old High German: brennen
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 229: “PWGmc *brannijan”