Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/truttōną

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Pre-Germanic *dr̥tnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative to *trudaną (to tread).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrut.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb[edit]

*truttōną.[1]

  1. to tread, trample, trot

Inflection[edit]

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *trutt- against non-singular *trud-.

Descendants[edit]

West germanic has two further variants one continuing the zero-grade vowel from *tredaną and the other from *trudaną

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*trett/don- - *trutt/don-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522