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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/anadōną

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 *anadô (breath, spirit, zeal) + *-ōną.

Verb

*anadōną[1]

  1. to breathe; exhale
  2. to puff
  3. to sputter; snort

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *anadōn
    • Old English: andian, andiġan
      • Middle English: anden, onden (through merger with the Old Norse form)
    • Old Saxon: andōn
    • Old Dutch: andon
    • Old High German: antōn
  • Old Norse: anda

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*anadan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 26
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