Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwerraną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”).
Pronunciation
Verb
*kwerraną[1]
Inflection
Conjugation of *kwerraną (strong class 3)
Derived terms
Descendants
Attested only in the past participle in Old English, but the verb itself must have lasted long enough for kw- to be restored in forms with zero-grade.
- Proto-West Germanic: *kwerran
- Old English: *acweorran, acworren
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kwerranan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 228-229