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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti (“to be sharp-eared”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) + *h₂ows- (“ear”) + *-yéti (denominative suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*hauzijaną[1][2]
- to hear
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hauzjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 217
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xausjanan ~ *xauzjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 167