Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ailijaną

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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 *ailą (fire) +‎ *-janą (denominal suffix).[1]

Verb

*ailijaną[1]

  1. (West Germanic) to kindle

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ailijan
    • Old English: ǣlan

References

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