Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tinnaną
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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]
Alternative forms[edit]
- *tinþaną (?)
Etymology[edit]
From Pre-Germanic *dendʰneti. The ultimate origin is unclear, as solid cognates outside of Germanic are lacking.[1] Osthoff suggests Proto-Indo-European *deh₂w- (“kindle, burn”) (Ancient Greek δαίω (daíō)), but Pokorny rejects this.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*tinnaną[3]
- to burn
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *tinnaną (strong class 3)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “zünden”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “179-81”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 179-81
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tinnan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 518