Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kanhtijaną

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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 *kanhtaz (happy, glad) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑ̃x.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kanhtijaną[1]

  1. (North Germanic) to make happy, gladden

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old Norse: kæta

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*kanhta-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279:*kanhtjan-