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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Kroonen reconstructs Pre-Germanic *bʰrénuh₁e-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-.
Pronunciation
Verb
*brinnaną
- to burn, to be on fire
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
Many of these descendants have been merged or replaced with the causative *brannijaną.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brinnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77-78
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*brennanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 56