Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hafnaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *habjaną (“to lift”) + *-naną. Compare also Proto-West Germanic *habinōn (“to handle”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*hafnaną[1]
- (intransitive) to become exalted
- (intransitive) (+ dative object) to consider oneself above, to reject, to abandon
Inflection
editConjugation of *hafnaną (weak class 4)
Descendants
edit- Old Norse: hafna
- Icelandic: hafna
- Gothic: *𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌽𐌰𐌽 (*hafnan)
- Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌽𐌰𐌽 (ufarhafnan)
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xafnōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 149