Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *brunnôScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_brunnô
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Remnants of r/n-Stem Heteroclite Inflection in GermanicJenneKlimp2013(Unpublished thesis,*bʰréh₁w-r̥/*bʰr̥h₁w-én-a bubbling forth; a fountain, wellspring, source
nounmasculinean-stemsource; wellspring; fountainFrom Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₁w-r̥/*bʰr̥h₁w-én- (‘a bubbling forth; a fountain, wellspring, source’), from metathesis of the laryngeal in root *bʰrewh₁- (‘to boil, brew’) + *-r̥ (r/n-stem suffix, strong form), and a zero-grade form + * én- (weak form); the Proto-Germanic forms evolved from the latter. Ultimately from root *bʰer- (‘to boil’). The original heteroclitic r/n-stem was remodeled as an an-stem in Proto-Germanic (and later remodeled again in Old Norse as an a-stem). The process would have looked something like this: *bʰr̥h₁w-én- > *burwén- > *bruwén >brunen > brunnen (for an in-depth discussion, see Klimp 2013).