Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/geusaną

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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. Possibly representing a sigmatic aorist or s-extension to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (to pour).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣeu̯.sɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb[edit]

*geusaną[1]

  1. to erupt

Inflection[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-West Germanic: *geusan
    • Middle Dutch: gūsen
  • Old Norse: gjósa

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒeusanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 133