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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *brinnaną (“to burn”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
Verb
*brannijaną[1][2]
- to cause to burn, to set on fire
Inflection
Descendants
Many of these descendants have become conflated with the base verb *brinnaną.
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*brannjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 74
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*brannjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 54