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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/strangijaną

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 *strangiz (string) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstrɑŋ.ɡi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*strangijaną[1][2]

  1. to fasten with a string, bind tight

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *strangijan
    • Old English: strengan
    • Old Frisian: strenza
    • Old Saxon: *strengian
    • Old Dutch: *strengen
    • Old High German: strengen
  • Old Norse: strengja
    • Icelandic: strengja
    • Old Swedish: strængia

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*stranʒjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 380
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*strangi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 483:*strangjan-
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