Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dwaljaną
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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 *dwalaz (“confused, stunned, foolish, misled, mad”) + *-janą (“factitive suffix”),[1] additionally conflated with *dwelaną (“to err”) + *-janą (“causative suffix”), both ultimately from the same origin.[2]
Pronunciation
Verb
Inflection
Conjugation of *dwaljaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đwaljanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dwaljan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 111-112