From Proto-West Germanic *brestan (with e-r metathesis in West Germanic), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”).
Cognate with Old Frisian bersta (West Frisian boarste), Old Saxon brestan (Low German basten), Dutch bersten, barsten, Old High German brestan German bersten), Old Norse bresta (Danish briste, Norwegian Bokmål briste, Swedish brista).
berstan
infinitive | berstan | berstenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | berste | bærst |
second person singular | birst | burste |
third person singular | birst | bærst |
plural | berstaþ | burston |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | berste | burste |
plural | bersten | bursten |
imperative | ||
singular | berst | |
plural | berstaþ | |
participle | present | past |
berstende | borsten |