Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hauzijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti (“to be sharp-eared”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) + *h₂ows- (“ear”) + *-yéti (denominative suffix).
Pronunciation
Verb
*hauzijaną
- to hear
Inflection
Conjugation of *hauzijaną (weak class 1)
Derived terms
- *hauzakōną (with intensive -k-)
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hauʀijan
- Old Norse: heyra
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hausjan)
Further reading
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN