Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dwaiskijaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰwey- (“to slip away; dwindle; die”), from *dʰew- (“to dwindle, die”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*dwaiskijaną
- (West Germanic) (transitive) to suffocate, extinguish
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *dwaiskijaną (weak class 1)
Related terms edit
- *dwīnaną (possibly)
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *dwaiskijan