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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₂ey-, itself from *ǵʰeh₂-.
Verb
*gīnaną[1][2]
- to gape, yawn
Inflection
Conjugation of
*gīnaną (strong class 1)
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gīnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 178
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ᴣīnanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 134