Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wallijaną

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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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑl.li.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (to turn; wind; roll). A causative or intensive formation from either *wellaną (to well up) +‎ *-janą or *wallaną +‎ *-janą.

Verb

*wallijaną

  1. to (cause to) well up, well over, boil
Inflection
Descendants

Etymology 2

From *wellaną (roll) +‎ *-janą.

Verb

*wallijaną

  1. to wrap, envelop

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*walljanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 444