Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrainijaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *hrainiz (“clean, pure”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*hrainijaną[1]
- (transitive) to make clean, cleanse
Inflection
editConjugation of *hrainijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *hrainijan
- Gothic: 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hrainjan)
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*hrainjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 183