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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *krew-, *krow-, *krows- (“to fall, beat, break, bruise”). Cognate with Lithuanian krùšti (“to smash, crash, bruise”), Russian круши́ть (krušítʹ, “to destroy”).
Pronunciation
Verb
*hrewwaną[1][2]
- to grieve, to feel sorrow
- to cause regret, to rue
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hrewan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 246-247
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xrewwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186