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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“to shake, jostle”). Equivalent to *hradaz (“fast”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
Verb
*hradjaną
- (West Germanic) to loosen; set free; deliver; rescue; save
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hraþa- ~ *hrada-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 243: “*hradjan-”
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xrađjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 183