Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brannijan
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.
Verb
edit*brannijan[1]
- to cause to burn, set on fire
Inflection
editClass 1 weak | ||
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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
editDescendants
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”