Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/framjaną
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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 *framaz + *-janą, from Proto-Indo-European *pró-mo-s, from *pró (“toward, leading to”). Compare Latin framea (“spear”) probably from *framjō (literally “forward going one”).
Pronunciation
Verb
*framjaną
Inflection
Conjugation of *framjaną (weak class 1)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*framjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 111
- ^ Rübekeil, Ludwig (2017–2018) “Chapter IX: Germanic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft ; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The dialectology of Germanic, page 990