Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrankijaną

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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

Possibly the causative of *wrinkaną, or more likely *wringaną +‎ *-janą, the root final -k- was adopted from the iterative verb *wrunkōną.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwrɑŋ.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wrankijaną[1]

  1. to wring, to twist

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wrankjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 594