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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/drabaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (to grind; crush; kill). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *drobìti (to crush), Lithuanian drėbti (to strike) and Latvian drêbt (to beat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɑ.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*drabaną[1][2]

  1. to hit, hew

Inflection

Descendants

  • Gothic: *𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (*draban)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*draban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98
  2. Seebold, Elmar (1970) “DRAB*-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 160
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