Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrawjaną

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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 *þrawō (suffering, longing) +‎ *-janą.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθrau̯.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þrawjaną[1]

  1. to desire, long for
  2. to suffer, endure
  3. to threaten

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þrawō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 545-6:*þraujan-