Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gellaną
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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]
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *gellaną (strong class 3)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: ġiellan
- Old Saxon: *gellan
- Old Dutch: *gellan
- Old High German: gellan
- Old Norse: gella, gjalla