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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Zero-grade ye-present, pre-Germanic *bʰr̥ye/o-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*burjaną[1][2]
- to lift up; levy
- to be seemly; be fitting
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*burjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*burjanan ~ *burjōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 64