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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/argijaną

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 *argaz (unworthy, cowardly) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑr.ɣi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*argijaną[1]

  1. to spoil, to ruin
  2. to make into a coward

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *argijan
    • Old Saxon: *ergian
    • Old Dutch: *ergen
    • Old High German: *ergen
      • Middle High German: ergen
  • Old Norse: *ergja (only attested in the passive, ergjask (to become a coward))

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*arʒjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 23
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