Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganhatjaną

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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]

Uncertain. Compare *ganhāną.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑ̃ː.xɑt.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb[edit]

*ganhatjaną

  1. (North Germanic) to watch, tend, take care of

Inflection[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ganhēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 167