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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”).
Verb
*brestan
- to burst, break, sunder, split, crack
Inflection
| Strong class 3
|
| Infinitive
|
*brestan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*brast
|
| 3rd pl. past
|
*brustun
|
| Past ptcple
|
*brostan
|
| Infinitive
|
*brestan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*brestannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*brestannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*brestannju
|
| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*brestu
|
*brast
|
| 2nd singular
|
*bristiʀi
|
*brustī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*bristidi
|
*brast
|
| 1st plural
|
*brestum
|
*brustum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*bristid
|
*brustud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*brestand
|
*brustun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*brestē
|
*brustī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*brestēs
|
*brustī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*brestē
|
*brustī
|
| 1st plural
|
*brestēm
|
*brustīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*brestēþ
|
*brustīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*brestēn
|
*brustīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*brist
|
| Plural
|
*bristid
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*brestandī
|
*brostan
|
Descendants
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