Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gaigijaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, *gʰeygʰ- (“to gape, protrude”), from *ǵʰēy(w)-, *ǵʰyāw- (“to yawn, gape”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*gaigijaną[1]
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *gaigijaną (weak class 1)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *gaigijan
- Old Norse: geiga
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒaiʒjanan ~ *ʒaiʒōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 122