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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīpaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *seyp-, *seybʰ- (to pour, sieve, strain, sift, run, drip), whence also Proto-West Germanic *sibi (sieve).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiː.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sīpaną[1]

  1. to drip, to pour

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sīpan
    • Old Frisian: sīpa
    • Old Saxon: *sīpan
      • Middle Low German: sīpen
        • Low German: siepen
    • Old Dutch: *sīpan
      • Middle Dutch: sipen
    • Old High German: *sīfan
      • Middle High German: sīfen
        • Central Franconian: siefe, siffe, seife
          • Luxembourgish: säifeg

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sīpanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 330
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