Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlainijaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

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Etymology

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Causative of *hlināną (to lean), which is a stative of an old nasal present from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (to lean).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxlɑi̯.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*hlainijaną[1]

  1. (transitive) to lean, cause to lean

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hlainjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 228