Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrankijaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

Possibly the causative of *wrinkaną, or more likely *wringaną +‎ *-janą, the root final -k- was adopted from the iterative verb *wrunkōną.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈwrɑŋ.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*wrankijaną[1]

  1. to wring, to twist

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wrankjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 594