Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwerbaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Pre-Germanic *kʷerp-, in which case the original form would have been *hwerfaną. If so, then it might be related to Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- to turn; turn around
- to move; move about
- to change
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *hwerbaną (strong class 3)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *hwerban
- Old Norse: hverfa
- Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 (ƕairban)
References
[edit]- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hwerban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 265-266
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xwerbanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 200