Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leuganą

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 *lewgʰ-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈleu̯.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*leuganą[1][2]

  1. to lie, to tell a falsehood

Inflection edit

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Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*leugan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*leuʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 242