Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brukkōną

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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

From earlier paradigm *brukkōþi ~ *brukunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *bʰrug-nā́-ti ~ *bʰrug-un-ánti, iterative to *brekaną (to break). Possible parallel formation with Latin frangō (to break).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbruk.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*brukkōną[1]

  1. to break, crumble

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *brukk- against *bruk-.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bruk(k)ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 79