Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnaigijaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *hnīganą (“to bow”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- to make bow
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *hnaigijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *hnaigijan
- Old Norse: hneigja
- Icelandic: hneigja
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hnaiwjan)
References
[edit]- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hnaiwjan-~*hnaigjan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 233
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xnaiʒwjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 179