Talk:brekefast

From breken +‎ fast
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 (e.g. singular imperative ) 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,  with lost final vowel). Hazarasp (parlement · werkis) 06:35, 13 October 2019 (UTC)