Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₂ey-, itself from *ǵʰeh₂-.
*gīnaną[1][2]
- to gape, yawn
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of
*gīnaną (strong class 1)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gīnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 178
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ᴣīnanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 134