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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *hinþaną (“to reach, attain”) + *-janą.
Verb
*hantijaną
- to fit
- to pursue, follow
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*huntōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257: “*hantjan-”
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xantjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 161