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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skuwwijaną

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 *skuwwô (shadow, reflection) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskuw.wi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skuwwijaną[1][2]

  1. to give shade, to overshadow

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skūwijan
    • Old High German: scūan, scūjan
  • Proto-Norse: *ᛊᚲᚢᚷᚹᛁᛃᚨᚾ (*skugwijan /⁠skuggwijan⁠/)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skuwwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452:*skuwwjan-
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skuwwjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 347
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