Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kerzaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Alternative reconstructions edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
Verb edit
*kerzaną[2]
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *kerzaną (strong class 3)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *kerʀan