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]
Inflection
Conjugation of *krītaną (strong class 1)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*krītanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 222