Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/linhtijaną

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 *linhtaz (light, having little weight) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlinx.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*linhtijaną[1]

  1. to make light
  2. to make easy

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*lenxwtjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 241