Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gaigijaną

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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 Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, *gʰeygʰ- (to gape, protrude), from *ǵʰēy(w)-, *ǵʰyāw- (to yawn, gape).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑi̯.ɣi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*gaigijaną

  1. to move back and forth, to totter
  2. to take a wrong direction, to transgress

Inflection

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒaiʒjanan ~ *ʒaiʒōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 122