Talk:brekefast
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Hazarasp in topic From breken + fast
From breken + fast
[edit]How and why was breken reduced to brek? --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:16, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
- It's probably from one of the inflected forms of breken (e.g. singular imperative breke) rather than from the infinitive proper. However, even if it's from the infinitive, final -n tends to be lost in Middle English (e.g. gamen → game, *filmen → film); the resulting final vowel could then be lost/syncopated (compare modern English game, film with lost final vowel). Hazarasp (parlement · werkis) 06:35, 13 October 2019 (UTC)