Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnīgwaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *kneygʷʰ- (“to bend, to droop”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- Alternative form of *hnīwaną
References
[edit]- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hnīwan-~*hnīgan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 236-237
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xnīʒwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 180