Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gawjaną
Proto-Germanic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnclear. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH- (“to call, invoke”), related to Proto-Slavic *zъvati (“to call”). Or from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂w- (“to gape, yawn”), related to Lithuanian gomurỹs (“palate”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*gawjaną[1]
Inflection
editConjugation of *gawjaną (strong class 6 j-present)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒaujanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 128