Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/harmijaną

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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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxar.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From *harmaz (to harm, pain) +‎ *-janą or *harmaz (to harmful, painful) +‎ *-janą.

Verb

*harmijaną

  1. to harm, injure, pain
  2. to shame
Inflection
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *kerh₂-, *kerh₃- (to praise (loudly)).[1]

Verb

*harmijaną

  1. to repeat, relate, report
  2. to mimic, imitate
Inflection
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “259”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN:*harmjan-