Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/atjaną

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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 1[edit]

From Pre-Germanic *h₃odéyeti, causative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (to hate).

Verb[edit]

*atjaną[1]

  1. to incite
Inflection[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Proto-West Germanic: *anattjan
    • Old Dutch: anetten
    • Old High German: anazzen
    • Old French: anesser
  • ? Proto-West Germanic: *ūtattjan
  • Old Norse: etja

Etymology 2[edit]

From *etaną +‎ *-janą (causative suffix). Diachronically from Proto-Indo-European *h₁odéyeti; compare Sanskrit आदयति (ādáyati, to feed).

Verb[edit]

*atjaną[2]

  1. to cause/allow to eat, feed (an animal)
    1. to pasture; graze
  2. to cause to be eaten, feed (fodder)
Inflection[edit]
Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*atjan- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*atjan- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39