Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stuþjaną

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From *stuþs (support, prop, post) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

Verb

*stuþjaną[2]

  1. to support

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*stuđjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 382
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*stuþ/d-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489:*stuþjan-