Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kweraną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-, cognate with Lithuanian gùrti (“to scream”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit- to sigh
Inflection
editConjugation of *kweraną (strong class 4)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *kweran
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kweran-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 317
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “KWER-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 317