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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ninþaną

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 Pre-Germanic *nent-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nant- (to fight, dare).[1][2] Related to Old Irish néit (battle, combat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnin.θɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*ninþaną[3][4]

  1. to dare, venture

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old High German: *nindan, ginindan

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 755, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 755
  2. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 201
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ninþan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 391
  4. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*nenþanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 284
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