Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kīnaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Pre-Germanic *ǵey-n-, originally a nasal-present from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyH- (“to break open, germinate”). Cognate with Lithuanian žydė́ti (“to flower, bloom”).[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editInflection
editConjugation of *kīnaną (strong class 1)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *kīnan
- Old English: ċīnan
- Old Frisian: *kīna
- Saterland Frisian: kiene
- Old Saxon: kīnan
- Old Dutch: *kīnan
- Middle Dutch: kinen
- Old High German: kīnan
- →⇒ Old French: rekigner, reschignier, rechignier (“to grimace”)
- Gothic: 𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 (keinan)
References
edit- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 161
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kīnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 287
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kīnanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 214