Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gaigijaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, *gʰeygʰ- (“to gape, protrude”), from *ǵʰēy(w)-, *ǵʰyāw- (“to yawn, gape”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*gaigijaną[1]
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *gaigijaną (weak class 1)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *gaigijan
- Old Norse: geiga
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒaiʒjanan ~ *ʒaiʒōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 122