Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smaugijaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From *smeuganą (“to creep, slip”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*smaugijaną[1]
- to make slip, cause to get down
- to ponder, investigate, scrutinize
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *smaugijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *smaugijan
- Old Norse: smeygja
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*smauʒjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 353