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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwistijaną

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 *kwistiz (damage, destruction) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʷis.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kwistijaną[1][2]

  1. to destroy

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kwistijan
    • Old Saxon: *quistian
      • Middle Low German: quisten
    • Old Dutch: *quisten
      • Middle Dutch: quisten
        • Dutch: kwisten
    • Old High German: *quisten
      • Old High German: firquisten
      • Old High German: irquisten
  • Old Norse: *kvista
    • Danish: quista (dialectal)
  • Gothic: 𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (qistjan)

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kwestjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 229
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kwisti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320:*kwestjan-
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