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Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *puH- (“rotten, foul”).[1]
Verb
*fawjaną[1]
- to let it rot
Inflection
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”).[2] Cognate Latin purus.
Verb
*fawjaną[2]
- to sift
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*faujan- 1”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*faujan- 2”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132