Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stenaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan”). Cognate with Latin tonō (“to thunder”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
- (West Germanic) to sigh, to groan
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *stenaną (strong class 4)
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References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*stenanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 374
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “STEN-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 469