Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brotōn
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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]
Possibly from *brot + *-ōn. Alternatively, Kroonen suggest an iterative origin.[1]
If the loanwords in Romance didn't come from Frankish but from Gothic, as suggested by Holthausen,[2] then the verb likely goes back to Proto-Germanic *brutōną.
Verb[edit]
*brotōn
Inflection[edit]
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *brotōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *brotōdā | |
| Infinitive | *brotōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *brotōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *brotōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *brotōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *brotō | *brotōdā |
| 2nd singular | *brotōs | *brotōdēs, *brotōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *brotōþ | *brotōdē, *brotōdā |
| 1st plural | *brotōm | *brotōdum |
| 2nd plural | *brotōþ | *brotōdud |
| 3rd plural | *brotōnþ | *brotōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *brotō | *brotōdī |
| 2nd singular | *brotōs | *brotōdī |
| 3rd singular | *brotō | *brotōdī |
| 1st plural | *brotōm | *brotōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *brotōþ | *brotōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *brotōn | *brotōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *brotō | |
| Plural | *brotōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *brotōndī | *brotōd |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brut(t)ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81
- ^ Holthausen, Ferdinand (2012) “*brutōn”, in Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch: Mit Einschluß der Eigennamen und der gotischen Lehnwörter im Romanischen [Gothic Etymological Dictionary: Including Proper Names and Gothic Loanwords in Romance Languages] (Germanische Bibliothek 4; 8) (in German), 2 edition, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN