Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwerraną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*kwerraną[1]
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *kwerraną (strong class 3)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Attested only in the past participle in Old English, but the verb itself must have lasted long enough for kw- to be restored in forms with zero-grade.
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kwerranan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 228-229