Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smaugijaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *smeuganą (“to creep, slip”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*smaugijaną[1]
- to make slip, cause to get down
- to ponder, investigate, scrutinize
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *smaugijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *smaugijan
- Old Norse: smeygja
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*smauʒjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 353