Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brōaną

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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

Etymology

An o-grade intensive, Pre-Germanic *bʰroh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁-.

Pronunciation

Verb

*brōaną

  1. to singe, warm, brew

Inflection

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