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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grunnatjaną

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 *grunnōną + *-atjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (to thunder)[1] or *gʰrun- (to shout),[2] both likely imitative.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣrun.nɑt.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*grunnatjaną

  1. To grunt.

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1126, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1126
  2. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 773
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