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Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German gewinnen, from Old High German giwinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *gawinnan, from Proto-Germanic *gawinnaną (“to labor, toil; to acquire”). Cognate with German gewinnen.
Verb
gabènnan (strong class 3 )
- (Sette Comuni) to earn, gain, win
- Bèar èrbatet gabinnet och. ― He who works also gains.
- Khòas gabinnet an khriikh. ― Nobody wins in war.
References
- “gabènnan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo