Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kerzaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *gers-. Cognate with Latin garrio (“to chatter”) and Lithuanian gar̃sas (“sound”).
The expected form *kersaną is unattested, the current form with -z- arose by influence of the iterative *kurzōną.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*kerzaną[2]
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *kerzaną (strong class 3)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *kerʀan