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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dimbaną

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

Alternative forms

  • *dimpaną

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰembʰ-, *dʰemH-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdim.bɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dimbaną[1]

  1. to fog, smoke

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old High German: *dimpfan
    • Middle High German: dimpfen
  • Old Norse: *dimba
    • Norwegian: demba
    • Elfdalian: dimba

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dimban-~*dimpan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96
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