Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganāną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Kroonen this stative verb is backformed from an original nasal-present Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂-néh₂-, which is derived from the root *ǵʰeh₂- and suffix *-néh₂-.[2]
Alternatively it could be derived from the noun *ganaz (“yawn”) + *-āną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*ganāną[2]
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *ganāną (weak class 3)