Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fawjaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *puH- (“rotten, foul”).[1]
Verb edit
*fawjaną[1]
- to let it rot
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *fawjaną (weak class 1)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”).[2] Cognate Latin purus.
Verb edit
*fawjaną[2]
- to sift
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *fawjaną (weak class 1)
Descendants edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*faujan- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*faujan- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132