Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/garwijaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *garwaz (“ready, prepared”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit- to prepare
Inflection
editConjugation of *garwijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *garwijan
- Old Norse: gera, gerva, gøra, gørva, gjǫra, gjǫrva, gǫra, gǫrva
References
edit- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*garwjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒarwjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 127