Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīkwaną
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Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editProbably from Proto-Indo-European *wéygeti. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬘𐬀𐬧𐬙 (vaējaṇt, “swinging”, present participle), Ancient Greek εἴκω (eíkō, “to give way”), Tocharian B viśäṃ (“should stay away”, subjunctive). From root *weyg- (“to start moving; to distance oneself”).[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*wīkwaną[2]
Inflection
editConjugation of *wīkwaną (strong class 1)
Alternative reconstructions
editDerived terms
edit- *waikwaz (“weak”)
- *waikwijaną (“to weaken”)
- *wikwinōną
- Old Norse: vikna (“to give way”)
- *wikwą
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *wīkwan (“to yield”)
- Old Norse: ýkva, víkva, víkja (“to turn, move”)
References
edit- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯ei̯g-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 667-68
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wīkwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “WEIK-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, pages 545-46
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wīkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 466