Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kerzaną
Proto-Germanic
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editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *gers-. Cognate with Latin garrio (“to chatter”) and Lithuanian gar̃sas (“sound”).
The expected form *kersaną is unattested, the current form with -z- arose by influence of the iterative *kurzōną.[2]
Pronunciation
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edit*kerzaną[2]
Inflection
editConjugation of *kerzaną (strong class 3)
Related terms
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edit- Proto-West Germanic: *kerʀan