Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brummōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brummōną, from earlier paradigm *brummōþi ~ *brumunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *bʰrum-nā́-ti ~ *bʰrum-un-ánti, iterative to *breman (“to drone”).^[1]

Verb

*brummōn

(iterative) to drone, hum, growl

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*brummōn
1st sg. past	*brummōdā
Infinitive	*brummōn
Genitive infin.	*brummōnijas
Dative infin.	*brummōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*brummōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*brummō	*brummōdā
2nd singular	*brummōs	brummōdēs, brummōdōs
3rd singular	*brummōþ	brummōdē, brummōdā
1st plural	*brummōm	*brummōdum
2nd plural	*brummōþ	*brummōdud
3rd plural	*brummōnþ	*brummōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*brummō	*brummōdī
2nd singular	*brummōs	*brummōdī
3rd singular	*brummō	*brummōdī
1st plural	*brummōm	*brummōdīm
2nd plural	*brummōþ	*brummōdīd
3rd plural	*brummōn	*brummōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*brummō
Plural	*brummōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*brummōndī	*brummōd

Descendants

Old Frisian: *brumma, *bromma
- West Frisian: bromme
Old Saxon: *brummōn
- Middle Low German: brummen
  - Plautdietsch: brommen
  - → Norwegian: brumme
  - → Swedish: brumma
  - → Danish: brumme
Old Dutch: *brummon
- Middle Dutch: brummen
  - Dutch: brommen
Old High German: *brummōn
- Middle High German: brummen
  - German: brummen

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*brummōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*brummōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80

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