Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwistijaną
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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 *kwistiz (“damage, destruction”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
Verb
- to destroy
Conjugation
Conjugation of *kwistijaną (weak class 1)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *kwistijan
- Old Norse: *kvista
- Danish: quista (dialectal)
- Gothic: 𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (qistjan)
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kwestjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 229
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*kwisti-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320: “*kwestjan-”