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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/firrijaną

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 *ferrai (far) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈɸir.ri.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*firrijaną[1]

  1. to remove, take away, deprive
  2. to depart from, withdraw

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *firrijan
    • Old English: fierran, feorran, firran, fyrran
    • Old Saxon: firrian
      • Middle Low German: vēren, verren
    • Old Dutch: *firren
    • Old High German: firren
  • Old Norse: firra

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ferrjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
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