Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlainijaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Causative of *hlināną (“to lean”), which is a stative of an old nasal present from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*hlainijaną[1]
- (transitive) to lean, cause to lean
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *hlainijaną (weak class 1)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *hlainijan
- Old Norse: *hleina