Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tōmijaną
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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 *tōmaz (“free, clear, empty, unoccupied”) + *-janą.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
- to empty
Inflection
Conjugation of *tōmijaną (weak class 1)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*tōmjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 408
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tōma-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520: “<*tōmjan-”