Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/birhtijaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *berhtaz (“bright”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *birhtijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *birhtijan
- Old Norse: birta
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bairhtjan)
References
[edit]- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*berhtaz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 60-61: “*berhtjan-”
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*berxtjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 42
- ^ birtan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)