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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *klinganą + *-janą. This verb gave rise to the variant *klankijaną, due to influence of an unattested iterative.
Pronunciation
Verb
*klangijaną
- to make stick, to make cling
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klangjan- ~ *klankjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*klangjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215