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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *kōlaz (“cool”) + *-janą, or possibly a causative formation equivalent to *kalaną (“to be cold, to freeze”) + *-janą.[1]
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈkɔː.li.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*kōlijaną[1][2]
- to make cold, to cool
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*kōlu-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 299: “*kōljan-”
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kōljanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 219