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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *wanaz (“lacking”) + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
Verb
*wanōną
- To become less; lessen; wane
Inflection
Conjugation of
*wanōną (weak class 2)
Alternative reconstructions
Descendants
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wanōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 447
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wanēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 446
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wana- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 572-573: “*wanēn-”