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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwirkijaną

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 *kwerkō (throat) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwir.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kwirkijaną[1][2]

  1. to strangle

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kwirkijan
    • Old Frisian: querka, quertsa
    • Old Saxon: *quirkian
  • Old Norse: kvirkja, kyrkja
  • Proto-Finnic: *kurgistadak (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kwerkō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 317:*kwerkjan-
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kwerkjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 228
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