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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwarbijaną

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 *hwerbaną + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxʷɑr.βi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hwarbijaną[1][2]

  1. (transitive) to turn

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hwarbijan
    • Old English: hwierfan
    • Old Saxon: hwerbian
    • Old High German: werban
  • Old Norse: hverfa
    • Icelandic: hverfa
    • Faroese: hvørva
    • Norwegian: kverve
    • Old Danish: hwærfæ
      • Danish: hverve, hverre

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hwarbjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 263
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xwarbjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 198
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