Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrōzijaną

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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 *hrōzaz (active, stirring, moving) +‎ *-janą. Possibly inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kroHs-éye-ti: according to Kroonen, a direct cognate of Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬁-𐬑𐬭𐬃𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀 (frā-xrā̊ŋhaiia, to be shocked), and according to Orel, of Proto-Slavic *krasiti (to ornate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxrɔː.zi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hrōzijaną[1][2]

  1. to stir

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hrōzjan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 250
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xrōzjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 189