Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brummōn

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *brummōną, from earlier paradigm *brummōþi ~ *brumunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *bʰrum-nā́-ti ~ *bʰrum-un-ánti, iterative to *breman (to drone).

Verb edit

*brummōn

  1. (iterative) to drone, hum, growl

Inflection edit

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *brummōn
1st sg. past *brummōdā
Infinitive *brummōn
Genitive infin. *brummōnijas
Dative infin. *brummōnijē
Instrum. infin. *brummōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *brummō *brummōdā
2nd singular *brummōs *brummōdēs, *brummōdōs
3rd singular *brummōþ *brummōdē, *brummōdā
1st plural *brummōm *brummōdum
2nd plural *brummōþ *brummōdud
3rd plural *brummōnþ *brummōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *brummō *brummōdī
2nd singular *brummōs *brummōdī
3rd singular *brummō *brummōdī
1st plural *brummōm *brummōdīm
2nd plural *brummōþ *brummōdīd
3rd plural *brummōn *brummōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *brummō
Plural *brummōþ
Present Past
Participle *brummōndī *brummōd

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN