From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> *birhtijaną. Equivalent to *berht (“bright”) + *-jan or *birhtī (“brightness”) + *-jan. *<span class="searchmatch">birhtijan</span> (Anglo-Frisian) to brighten,...
<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>/baþþjan Reconstruction:<span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">West</span> <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>/biliþijan Reconstruction:<span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">West</span> <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>/<span class="searchmatch">birhtijan</span> Reconstruction:<span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">West</span> <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>/bittjan...
/ˈbirx.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/ *birhtijaną to brighten, shine, make clear <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">West</span> <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>: *<span class="searchmatch">birhtijan</span> Old English: birhtan, brihtan, bierhtan, bryhtan, beorhtan...