Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/niwjōną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editRelated to *niwjaz (“new”) + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*niwjōną
Inflection
editConjugation of *niwjōną (weak class 2)
Alternative reconstructions
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *niuwjōn
- Old English: nīewian, nīwian, nēowian, nīwiġan
- Old Frisian: nīa
- Old Saxon: *niuwōn
- Old Dutch: *niuwon
- Middle Dutch: niewen
- Dutch: nieuwen (dialectal)
- ⇒ Middle Dutch: verniewen, verniën
- Dutch: vernieuwen
- Middle Dutch: niewen
- Old High German: niuwōn
- Middle High German: niuwen
- German: neuen (archaic)
- ⇒ Middle High German: verniuwen, verniun, vernūen, vernūwen, vernuowen, ferniuwen
- German: verneuen (archaic)
- ⇒ Middle High German: verniuweren, verniuwern, ferniuwern
- German: verneuern (archaic)
- ⇒ Old High German: irniuwōn
- Middle High German: niuwen
- Old Norse: nýja
- Icelandic: nýja
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*neuwōjan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 285