Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlainijaną

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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]

Causative of *hlināną (to lean), which is a stative of an old nasal present from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (to lean).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈxlɑi̯.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb[edit]

*hlainijaną[1]

  1. (transitive) to lean, cause to lean

Inflection[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hlainjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 228