Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brehaną

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰreḱ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbre.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*brehaną

1. to flicker, glitter

Inflection

Conjugation of *brehaną (strong class 5)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*brehō	*brehaų	—	*brehai	?
2nd singular	*brihizi	*brehaiz	*breh	*brehazai	*brehaizau
3rd singular	*brihidi	*brehai	*brehadau	*brehadai	*brehaidau
1st dual	*brehōz	*brehaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*brehadiz	*brehaidiz	*brehadiz	—	—
1st plural	*brehamaz	*brehaim	—	*brehandai	*brehaindau
2nd plural	*brihid	*brehaid	*brihid	*brehandai	*brehaindau
3rd plural	*brehandi	*brehain	*brehandau	*brehandai	*brehaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*brah	*brēgį̄
2nd singular	*braht	*brēgīz
3rd singular	*brah	*brēgī
1st dual	*brēgū	*brēgīw
2nd dual	*brēgudiz	*brēgīdiz
1st plural	*brēgum	*brēgīm
2nd plural	*brēgud	*brēgīd
3rd plural	*brēgun	*brēgīn
	present	past
participles	*brehandz	*breganaz

Related terms

• *bragz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *brehan
  • Old High German: brehan
    • Middle High German: brehen, brechen, prehen
• Old Norse: brjá, brá
  • Icelandic: brjá, brá