Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krītaną

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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 Proto-Indo-European *greyd-, *grey- (to shout). Cognate with Middle Irish grith (a cry), Welsh gryd (a scream), Latin gingriō (cackle; squawk; quack, verb). The assignment of this reconstruction to the level of Proto-Germanic rests on the Crimean Gothic hapax eriten (taken to be a misspelling of *criten or the like).

Pronunciation

Verb

*krītaną[1]

  1. to call out, scream, shout, proclaim

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*krītanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 222