Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tuskijaną

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 Pre-Germanic *dh₂uske-, sk-present to Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-, *deh₂w-. Compare Ancient Greek δαίω (daíō, to burn), Welsh deifio (to kindle).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtus.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*tuskijaną

  1. to burn, be burning

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Old High German: zusken, zuscen
  • ? Proto-Finnic: *tuhka (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN