Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gawahwaną
Proto-Germanic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom *ga- + *wahwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*gawahwaną
Inflection
editLike *sehwaną, the inflection shows a three-way reflex of Indo-European *kʷ, as a result of both Verner alternation and loss of *gw.
Conjugation of *gawahwaną (strong class 6)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *gawahwan