Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/galdijaną
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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 *galdijaz (“barren, fruitless, castrated”) + *-janą (“factitive suffix”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
Verb
Inflection
Related terms
Descendants
- >? Proto-West Germanic: *galtijan (unclear why West Germanic descendants have a 't')
- Old Norse: gelda
- → Proto-Samic: *kāltëjëtēk (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gald(j)a-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 164: “*galdjan-”
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒalđjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 124