Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brautijaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *breutaną (“to destroy, crush, break”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*brautijaną[1]
- (transitive) to break
- (transitive) to make changes, alter
Inflection
editConjugation of *brautijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *brautijan
- Old Norse: breyta
- Icelandic: breyta
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*brautjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 54