Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/linnaną

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *leyh₂- (to avoid, elude, decline, shrink away from, recede).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

*linnaną[1]

  1. to turn, move aside, swerve from, dodge
  2. to cease, quit

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*linnanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 246