Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kawjaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry out”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*kawjaną
Inflection
editConjugation of *kawjaną (weak class 1)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *kauwjan
- ⇒ Old Norse: *kauka (< *kaukōną?)
- →? Proto-Finnic: *kaibait'ak (“complain; lament”) (see there for further descendants)