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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þurznaną

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

Etymology

From *þursuz (dry) + *-naną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθurz.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þurznaną[1]

  1. (intransitive) to dry out
  2. to wither

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 217

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þurzu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 554
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