Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/furhtijaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFactitive from *furhtaz (“fearful, afraid”) + *-janą and denominative *furhtō (“fright, fear”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editInflection
editConjugation of *furhtijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *furhtijan
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (faurhtjan)
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*furhtjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161: “w.v. ‘to fear’”
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*furxtjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 120