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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gramjaną

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 *gramaz (furious) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣrɑm.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*gramjaną[1][2]

  1. to cause to be angry, provoke, irritate
  2. to anger

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *grammjan
    • Old English: gremian, gremman
      • Middle English: gremen
    • Old Frisian: *gremia, *gremma
      • Saterland Frisian: grääme
    • Old Saxon: *gremian, *gremmian
      • Middle Low German: grēmen, gremmen
    • Old Dutch: *gremen, *gremmen
    • Old High German: gremen, gremmen
      • Middle High German: gremen
  • Old Norse: gremja
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gramjan)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gramjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 186
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒramjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
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