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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brannijaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *brinnaną (to burn) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɑn.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*brannijaną[1][2]

  1. to cause to burn, to set on fire

Inflection

Descendants

Many of these descendants have become conflated with the base verb *brinnaną.

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brannjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 74
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*brannjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 54
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