Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrewwaną
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *krew-, *krow-, *krows- (“to fall, beat, break, bruise”). Cognate with Lithuanian krùšti (“to smash, crash, bruise”), Russian круши́ть (krušítʹ, “to destroy”).
Pronunciation
Verb
Inflection
Conjugation of *hrewwaną (strong class 2)
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hreuwan
- Old Norse: hryggva, (younger hryggja)
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hrewan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 246-247
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xrewwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 186