Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hluppōną

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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 earlier paradigm *hluppōþi ~ *hlubunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *klub-nā́-ti ~ *klub-un-ánti, from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (to stumble; to hop), iterative to *hlaupaną (to leap, jump). Cognate with Latvian klupinât (to keep stumbling).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxlup.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hluppōną

  1. to leap, run

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *hlupp- against *hlub-.

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hloppōn
    • >? Old English: *hlopian
      • >? Middle English: lopen (usually adduced from loup, but can continue *hlupōną as well)
    • Old Saxon: *loppon
    • Old Dutch: *loppon
    • Old High German: loffōn

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hluppōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 232