Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hringijaną

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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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxriŋ.ɡi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From *hringaz (a ring, sound) +‎ *-janą.[1]

Verb

*hringijaną[1]

  1. to ring, sound
Inflection
Descendants

Etymology 2

From *hringaz (a ring, a circle) +‎ *-janą. Compare Proto-Slavic *krǫžiti.

Verb

*hringijaną

  1. to make (into) a ring
  2. to encircle
  3. to place a ring on
Inflection
Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xrenʒjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 186