Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dangijaną
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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
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From *dingwaną + *-janą; apparently with delabialization of -gw- caused by following what was originally a round vowel and coming before the suffix -j-.[2]
Pronunciation
Verb
*dangijaną[2]
Inflection
Conjugation of *dangijaną (weak class 1)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *dangijan
- Old Norse: dengja
- → Proto-Samic: *tāmčëtēk (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đanʒwjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “dangjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88