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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/birhtijan

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 *birhtijaną.[1][2] Equivalent to *berht (“bright”) +‎ *-jan or *birhtī (“brightness”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*birhtijan

  1. (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) to brighten, shine, make clear

Inflection
Class 1 weak
Infinitive *birhtijan
1st sg. past *birhtidā
Infinitive *birhtijan
Genitive infin. *birhtijannjas
Dative infin. *birhtijannjē
Instrum. infin. *birhtijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *birhtiju *birhtidā
2nd singular *birhtisi *birhtidēs, *birhtidōs
3rd singular *birhtiþi *birhtidē, *birhtidā
1st plural *birhtijum *birhtidum
2nd plural *birhtiþ *birhtidud
3rd plural *birhtijanþ *birhtidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *birhtijē *birhtidī
2nd singular *birhtijēs *birhtidī
3rd singular *birhtijē *birhtidī
1st plural *birhtijēm *birhtidīm
2nd plural *birhtijēþ *birhtidīd
3rd plural *birhtijēn *birhtidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *birhti
Plural *birhtiþ
Present Past
Participle *birhtijandī *birhtid

Descendants
  • Old English: birhtan, brihtan, bierhtan, bryhtan, beorhtan

References
  1. 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-”
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*berxtjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 42
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