Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrainijaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From *hrainiz (“clean, pure”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*hrainijaną[1]
- (transitive) to make clean, cleanse
Inflection edit
Conjugation 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