Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wirdijaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *werdaz (“turned toward, forwards, outwards”) + *-janą, related to *wardaz.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*wirdijaną[1]
Inflection
editConjugation of *wirdijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
edit- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *andawirdijan
- Old High German: antwirten
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gagawairþjan)
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*werđjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 456