Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwebaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷebʰ- (to dive, dive in).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

*kwebaną[1]

  1. to suffocate, choke

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kweban
    • Old High German: *queban

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kwēbjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315:*kweban-