Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ginnaną
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Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editUnclear, the root has often been traced to Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to take”), e.g. by LIV. Kroonen and Scheungraber take it to be from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to arise, begin”),[1][2] with the prefix inducing voicing by Verner's law. Cognates would then include Proto-Slavic *načęti (“to begin”) and Proto-Celtic *kentus (“first”). If the meaning 'to cut open' is original, the verb could be related to *gīnaną (“to gape, to yawn”) from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₂ey-.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editInflection
editConjugation of *ginnaną (strong class 3)
Descendants
editThe verb has no attested unprefixed descendants.
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *anaginnan
- Old High German: *anaginnan
- Middle High German: aneginnen
- Old High German: *anaginnan
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *andaginnan (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *biginnan (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *gaginnan
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *inginnan
- Old English: inginnan
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *undarginnan
- Old English: underginnan
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *uʀginnan
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (duginnan)
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ginnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 178
- ^ Corinna Scheungraber, Zur Lexikalisierung präfigierter Verben im Germanischen
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*gennanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 132