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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *grētaną + *-janą.
Pronunciation[edit]
*grōtijaną[1][2]
- to cause to weep; make cry
- to scold
- to address (an issue)
- to address (an individual); greet
Inflection[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*grōtjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 192
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒrōtjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 144