Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganāną
Proto-Germanic edit
Alternative reconstructions edit
Etymology edit
According to Kroonen this stative verb is backformed from an original nasal-present Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂-néh₂-, which is derived from the root *ǵʰeh₂- and suffix *-néh₂-.[2]
Alternatively it could be derived from the noun *ganaz (“yawn”) + *-āną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*ganāną[2]
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *ganāną (weak class 3)