Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hawāną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *kew-.[1] Cognate Lithuanian kuvḗtis (“to be ashamed”).
Verb
[edit]*hawāną[1]
- To mock
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *hawāną (weak class 3)
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]The verb could also be reconstructed as *hēwijaną, but in view of Latvian kavêt (“to prevent”), *hawāną is more likely.[2] Also cognate with Latin caveo (“to take care, beware”).
Verb
[edit]*hawāną[2]
- To observe
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *hawāną (weak class 3)
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *hawēn
- Old English: hawian
- Old Norse: *há
- Norwegian: hå
- → Proto-Finnic: *havait'ak (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hawēn-1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 217
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hawēn-2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 217/218