Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hawjaną
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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
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kowh₁-éye-ti, a causative o-grade formation from *(s)kewh₁- (“to observe, perceive”).[1] Older theories derived the word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew- (“to cut, hew, equip”), comparing Ancient Greek σκεῦος (skeûos, “vessel, device”),[2] or from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to cut, hew”).[3]
Pronunciation
Verb
*hawjaną
Inflection
Conjugation of *hawjaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*haujan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 215-216
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “(s)keu-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 950–951
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xawjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 167