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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
An o-grade intensive, Pre-Germanic *bʰroh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁-.
Pronunciation
Verb
*brōaną
- to singe, warm, brew
Inflection
Conjugation of
*brōaną (strong class 7e)
Derived terms
Descendants
The attested descendants are weak, but the Germanic verb was likely originally strong.
Further reading
- Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN