Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/murgijaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *murguz (“short, brief”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*murgijaną[1]
- to shorten
- (of time or duration) to be spend leisurely or pleasurably
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *murgijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *murgijan
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gamaurgjan)
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*murgjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 276