Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/murgijaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *murguz (“short, brief”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*murgijaną[1]
- to shorten
- (of time or duration) to be spend leisurely or pleasurably
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *murgijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *murgijan
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gamaurgjan)
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*murgjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 276