Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lingwaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit- (West Germanic) to make progress, succeed
Inflection
editConjugation of *lingwaną (strong class 3)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *lingwan
- Old Saxon: *lingan
- Old High German: lingan
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *galingwan
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lingwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 338-339
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*lenʒ(w)anan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 240