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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stenaną

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 *(s)tenh₂- (to crash, sound, thunder, roar, moan). Cognate with Latin tonō (to thunder).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈste.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*stenaną[1][2]

  1. (West Germanic) to sigh, to groan

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *stanjaną
  • *stēnijaną
  • *stuniz
  • *stunjaną
  • *stunōną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *stenan
    • Old English: stenan, stinan
      • Middle English: stenen, steynen (regarded as byforms of stunien)
    • Old Saxon: *stenan
    • Old Dutch: *stenan

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*stenanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 374
  2. Seebold, Elmar (1970) “STEN-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 469
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