Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrewwaną
Proto-Germanic
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editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *krew-, *krow-, *krows- (“to fall, beat, break, bruise”). Cognate with Lithuanian krùšti (“to smash, crash, bruise”), Russian круши́ть (krušítʹ, “to destroy”).
Pronunciation
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editConjugation of *hrewwaną (strong class 2)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *hreuwan
- Old Norse: hryggva, (younger hryggja)
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hrewan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 246-247
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xrewwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186