Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gellaną

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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[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (to shout), possibly with contamination from a marginally attested iterative *gullōną, although Kroonen suggests the strong verb was back-formed to the iterative.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

*gellaną[1][2]

  1. to shout, to yell

Inflection[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gellan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 174
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒellanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 131