Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brannijan

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.

Verb

*brannijan

1. to cause to burn, set on fire

Inflection

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

• *brinnan

Descendants

• Old English: bærnan, *brænnan
  • Middle English: brennen
    • English: bren
    • Scots: brenn, bren, brend
• Old Frisian: berna, barna
  • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: baanje, baddenje
  • West Frisian: baarne, barne, brâne
• Old Saxon: brennian
  • Middle Low German: bernen
    • Low German: brennen, brannen
• Old Dutch: brennen
  • Middle Dutch: bernen, barnen
    • Dutch: barnen
    • Limburgish: borre
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: branden (backformation)
      • Dutch: branden
      • Limburgish: branje, brenje
• Old High German: brennen
  • Middle High German: brennen
    • Bavarian: brenna
    • German: brennen
    • Luxembourgish: brennen
    • Yiddish: ברענען (brenen)