Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dimbaną

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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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *dʰembʰ-, *dʰemH-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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*dimbaną[1]

  1. to fog, smoke

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Old High German: *dimpfan
  • Old Norse: *dimba

References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dimban-~*dimpan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96