Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hramjaną
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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 *hramō (“frame, rack”) + *-janą.
Verb
Inflection
Conjugation of *hramjaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hrammjan
- >? Old Norse: hremma (“to grasp, clutch, seize”) (more likely a later derivative of Old Norse hrammr (“claw, paw”), from Proto-Germanic *hrammaz (“bent, curved”))
- Icelandic: hremma
- Gothic: 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hramjan)
- →⇒? Medieval Latin: adchramiō, adchrammiō, adframiō (“to vow, swear, assure”) (alternatively from Frankish *hrammjan)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hraman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 242: “*hramjan-”
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xram(m)janan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 184