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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haltijaną

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 *haltaz (lame) + *-janą.

Verb

*haltijaną[1]

  1. to lame, to make lame

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *haltijan
    • Old High German: *helzen
  • Old Norse: helta (Only attested in the passive heltask)

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xaltjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 157
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