Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þawjaną
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This Proto-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-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”).
Verb
- to thaw
Inflection
Conjugation of *þawjaną (weak class 1)
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *þauwjan
- Old Norse: þeyja
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148: “PNWGmc *þawjaną”