Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dawjaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editCompared with Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-, and *dʰweh₂-, but Kroonen prefers to connect it with Hittite [script needed] (tuḫḫušzi, “to end”), from *dʰuH-.[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*dawjaną[1]
- to die
Inflection
editConjugation of *dawjaną (strong class 6 j-present)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *dauwjan
- Old Norse: deyja