Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kringaną
Proto-Germanic edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”). Related to Lithuanian gręžti (“to bore, drill”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
- (West Germanic) to turn, fall, yield
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *kringaną (strong class 3)
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References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kringan- ~ *krinkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 305
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*krenʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 221