Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hinkaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *keng-. Cognate with Old Irish cingid (to tread, step) (< Proto-Celtic *kengeti).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

*hinkaną[1]

  1. (West Germanic) to limp, to hobble

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hinkan
    • Old English: hincian
    • Old Dutch: *hinkan
    • Old High German: hinkan

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hinkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 226