Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ailijaną

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

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Etymology

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From *ailą (fire) +‎ *-janą.

Verb

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*ailijaną[1]

  1. (West Germanic) to kindle

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Proto-West Germanic: *ailijan
    • Old English: ǣlan

References

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