Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wallijaną
Proto-Germanic
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn; wind; roll”). A causative or intensive formation from either *wellaną (“to well up”) + *-janą or *wallaną + *-janą.
Verb
edit*wallijaną[1]
Inflection
editConjugation of *wallijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *wallijan
Etymology 2
editFrom *wellaną (“roll”) + *-janą.
Verb
edit*wallijaną
Inflection
editConjugation of *wallijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *wallijan
- Old Saxon: wellian
- Old High German: *wellen
- ⇒ Old High German: umbiwellen
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*walljanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 444