Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brekaną

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (to break).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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*brekaną[1][2][3]

  1. to break

Inflection

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Conjugation of *brekaną (strong class 4)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *brekō *brekaų *brekai ?
2nd singular *brikizi *brekaiz *brek *brekazai *brekaizau
3rd singular *brikidi *brekai *brekadau *brekadai *brekaidau
1st dual *brekōz *brekaiw
2nd dual *brekadiz *brekaidiz *brekadiz
1st plural *brekamaz *brekaim *brekandai *brekaindau
2nd plural *brikid *brekaid *brikid *brekandai *brekaindau
3rd plural *brekandi *brekain *brekandau *brekandai *brekaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *brak *brēkį̄
2nd singular *braht *brēkīz
3rd singular *brak *brēkī
1st dual *brēkū *brēkīw
2nd dual *brēkudiz *brēkīdiz
1st plural *brēkum *brēkīm
2nd plural *brēkud *brēkīd
3rd plural *brēkun *brēkīn
present past
participles *brekandz *brukanaz

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brekan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 75
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*brekanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55
  3. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “BREK-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 132