Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnīgwaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *kneygʷʰ- (“to bend, to droop”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit- Alternative form of *hnīwaną
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hnīwan-~*hnīgan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 236-237
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xnīʒwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 180