Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrautijaną

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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 *þreutaną (to harass, weary) +‎ *-janą.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈθrau̯.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þrautijaną[1]

  1. To exhaust

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þrautjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 545