Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrewwaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *hrewwaną (strong class 2)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *hreuwan
- Old Norse: hryggva, (younger hryggja)
References
[edit]- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hrewan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 246-247
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xrewwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186